Andrey Gavrilov: "Pre-election circus evening"

“Some people in uniform are crowding near the building, thought the police, but no, Cossacks. Orders, stripes, everything is as it should be. I go in, I think, I’ll pass now, someone again won’t be able to stand listening to all this nonsense, and I’m in this place I’ll sit down. There are people sitting on chairs in the hall, watching TV, waiting.

I go to the door, and there are these guys standing there. How can I describe them more gently? Well, probably the words “Hop, stop, we came around the corner” will be the best description of these “nice” guys. When I saw them, I reflexively clutched my bag tighter and checked my phone in my pocket. I say that I’m going there for a meeting. The traditional answer was that there were no places. I explain that I already arrived early, the time was only 18.20, and the meeting was only at seven in the evening."