No, I’m still willing to argue about the bloodiness of the current regime!
The FSO detained the poor fellows near Pashkov’s house who were laying out the word MOSCOW on the slope with sawdust. They only managed to lay out two letters, but they were already tied for the reason that these two letters were in two colors of the Ukrainian flag. And their boss from the landscaping department was pulled in for a survey.
All this is true - insanity was getting stronger, no doubt about it. And I remember how they painted the power line pole in the same colors and also gave testimony. And I didn’t forget about the star on the high-rise and the wild shouting on this occasion. But still, let’s figure it out: in 1937, roofers from high-rise buildings, painters from power lines, and gardeners with letters would have been placed against the wall. Even the gardeners - and those would almost certainly have already been caught!
But these days, everyone was released, even if they couldn’t catch the roofer. So - progress! Undoubted progress in the degree of bloodiness of the regime. We live in wonderful, humane times. Our people have something to compare with.