I arrived to Russia on Sep 9 to apply for a German visa and complete some urgent business. And once again I underestimated Russian government. I thought it is so unpopular that Putin with his idea of stability will never cross the line.
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100 days
On February 24th Russia permanently changed. 100 days ago after brutal attack of Ukraine it’s not a developing country country in terms of economical development or authoritarian one in terms of political regime. It’s now an outcast country: toxic, unpopular and yes, dangerous. It’s in line now with North Korea, Iran, Belarus and other monstrous […]
Solidarity
When I was a student me and my friends went to a rock concert. One of them was heavily drunk and very soon found himself in the conflict with other guy who had his own friends. My friend was not right and I tried to persuade the other party that my friend is too drunk […]
Crypto
This crisis seriously shaken my attitude towards financial system. Ideas that was reasonable and clear in popular books collapsed facing reality
War
On Feb 24 we woke up at 5.45 because of a sudden loud noise. We had a construction work nearby and at first I thought something went wrong there. But it turned out that my country decided to attack Ukraine with no reason for it.
Parliament election
My first experience as an observer happened ten years ago in 2011. It was really bracing experience that changed my attitude towards government and mass media.Since then many things changed, I have much less time to spare now and election was stretched for three days making it more challenging to observe.
Bailiffs
Federal Bailiffs Service is a fail of entire Russian government. I’ve never experience such a bad management and I hope I will never deal with them in future. Why am I angry? – Everything began a year ago…
Prisons
Anderes Breivik in Norvey killed 69 people and have assess to DVD games, got in prison his second degree and lives in a three-cells camera. And he still complaining that he has got tepid coffee, and chained from time to time in handcuffs.
Censorship and VPN
In Russia goverment is trying to control everything: from oil production and pasta price to information. During the first Putin’s term he destroyed independent TV. It was explained as a fight against oligrachs, that controled media. As a result state controls all TV channels now and there is no place for Kremlin critics there.
COVID-19 trial update
I wrote back in December about my paticipation in COVID-19 vaccine trial. Since then I am in weekly contact with my doctor, and nothing serious happens except first days temperature. Meanwhile, I have a lot things to do in public places which have been postponed since last March. So, I decided to take a test […]