Leonid Bershidsky: "Emigration of disappointment"

“Yeltsin died, and many more people and ideas have died since then. After the annexation of Crimea, it became clear that not only Albania and Turkey, but even Ukraine would rather join the EU than Russia.

It didn’t work out together with the country. This means you have to join separately. In a few days I'm moving to Berlin.

All my life I have dodged emigration, even though it tempted and teased me. This requires one more confession: despite the knowledge of foreign languages ​​and the fifth point, I am a patriot. The rise of Russia from its knees - in 1991 - was a joyful event for me. I wanted not only to observe what happened next, but also to participate.”