Yerevan /Mediamax/. Anastas Mikoyan’s grandson, musician Stas Namin thinks that “whatever Stalin’s regime was, many good things were created under it - from industry to space missions”.

Stas Namin stated it in an interview to Watch Russia magazine answering the question as to whether he sees any contradiction in that his grandfather was the symbol of commitment to the Soviet system while he - a rock musician - “clashed” with the Soviet system.

“We know nothing about those times and relations inside the ruling clique. If we watch “Gray Wolves” movie, then we might think there are only airheads among Politburo members. While it’s not so. Whatever the Stalin’s regime was, many good things were created under it - from industry to space missions. I personally knew Beria’s son Sergo and he was a most talented person and a factory director. Over the past years 10 million people emigrated – it equals to the number of people Stalin sent to the camps”, said Stas Namin.

At that, he conceded that “he is not interested in politics, social life or environment”.

“I have never voted or been in any party in my life. I don’t have fake humanitarian outbursts. I love people very selectively. I hate meetings with more than two people. I am a social outcast, in this regard”, said Stas Namin.

“My mom used to take me to Armenia when I was a kid and I have quite nice recollections. It was then that I got acquainted with Martiros Saryan, Edvard Mirzoyan and Arno Babajanyan – they were all our family friends. By the way, Babajanyan was my first teacher. However, I did not develop good relations with Soviet Armenia – when I visited Armenia with “Flowers” group at an adult age, the KGB sent a dispatch to Moscow on that I defile Armenian youth and I was literally forced out. After that I did not appear there for quite a long time. And recently my friend Ruben Vardanyan suggested taking a drive in Armenia. I took my son (he is 20 and he studies film production in New York). And we drove 2500 kilometers in such a wonderful company. We paid a visit to the ancient monasteries from Karabakh to Sanahin. I sensed this country in a completely different way and my son started feeling for the first time that he is an Armenian; he shot many videos and will make a movie. And I managed to take a photo of Ararat, which used to appear in my view from unexpected angles, and the vineyards”, said Stas Namin.