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This is not a “Turk complaint”: I have no reason to complain. (Against the background of the “Russian standard” of the fight against dissent, my case is completely velvet.) This is not a call to the struggle-the time when I believed that the forces were at least somehow comparable, ended with a dozen years ago.

These are just the next zaruski for memory, the humble replenishment of the collection, is already quite voluminous. Well, so, for the future outline of morals.

Details are the bread of the historian, isn't it?

So here is a handful of details for you ...

1.

Some time ago, they told me that my performance in the Moskovsky Domestic Music - “How the Piano was dragged”, with the quintet of Igor Bril - was canceled.

On the seventh of November, we had to play him there - for the fourth time. The first three times passed with complete success, including (which is important) financial. That is (without plunging into details) the house of music simply received a couple of hundred thousand rubles for working on its site. Everyone was very pleased - and happily approved a new date ...

And now - well, you have to!

Before answering the question of the reasons for such a naval turn “All Suddenly” the leadership of the House of Music did not descend. They simply handed down the chain down that our cooperation was stopped.

From the new here - only the wording. Starting since 2000, in the places of my performances, from time to time, the pipe broke out, dinked light and unscheduled repairs began; Theater Directorate. In the spring of 2014, Vakhtangova suddenly discovered that she had bought an unsuccessful play from me - so unsuccessful that they canceled the announced to the premiere ...

That is, continuous euthorities and bashful abduction of the eyes.

And so, on the occasion of the onset of the ice age, they finally said directly: went out!

And what is characteristic: I was not surprised.

I would be surprised, at the present time, if the performance took place ...

2.

And here you have a new one!

The largest book -industrial network refused to take my new book of journalism from the Zakharov Publishing House, explaining this by responsibility for the fate of two thousand people who work in this company.

Here it is, the social responsibility of the business! And you thought ...

The largest Moscow bookstores, with which Zakharova’s editor -in -chief decided to talk directly after that, first of all admitted to collective love, but the second point was informed that it would be a second point to resolve whether Shenderovich’s book on the store’s shelves would now be a leadership ...

The editor -in -chief of the Zakharov publishing house assures me that all her interlocutors are not at all bad, but even quite wonderful, cute, from the Danas. I have no doubt, especially since I know some personally.

Wonderful, intelligent, educated people! They love a book, a source of knowledge. Easy to respond to key quotes. Ask them, for example: what vice, according to Bulgakov, is the main one? All four will answer without hesitation: cowardice.

Prize in the studio!

These wonderful people were carefully interested in the editor -in -chief of the Zakharov publishing house: what is my new book about?

This book is about you, my dear wonderful people. About you about everyone.

And if about Putin, then only as about what you undoubtedly deserve.


Photo by ITAR-TASS/ Pavel Smertin