Boris Akunin: “Time for difficult answers”

The “simple” time in our socio-political life seems to be over. It was a nice thing: let’s hold hands, friends, and all together go to Bolotnaya, with white ribbons, and for fair elections. The noisy period has ended and the quiet has begun. This is when everyone thinks and decides - each for himself - how to live further: what can be put up with and what cannot be tolerated; “fuck it all” or “I won’t leave it like this”; “you can’t change anything in this country” or “it’s time to restore order in our country.” Almost every day there are problems that need to be thought about. That's what I think. Sometimes the answer is not easy. How do you feel about several news items at once for which I do not have a “monochrome” answer?”