Courier, psychologist and barista with an anti -war position - about the future in Russia

In 1948 - 1994, an official policy of racial segregation was pursued in South Africa.

In August 2000, the Kursk submarine sank in Russia. The crew of 118 people died. Russia did not accept international assistance for a rescue operation. On the day when Kursk sank, Putin went on vacation in Sochi and did not interrupt the rest until August 18.

The court extended the arrest of Sasha Skochilenko until August 1. At the next meeting, dozens of Petersburgers and residents of other cities came, as they suppressed. Most of them are not familiar with the accused.

“Paper” asked those who came to tell how they see their future in Russia, where you can get a prison term for anti -war statements.

Mark

courier

- Most likely, the repressions will continue to go quietly, but also actively. They touched no longer only Skochilenko, Romanov, Petrova. It seems that in St. Petersburg the most cruel investigators are sent to everyone to a pre -trial detention center. But this is not only in St. Petersburg. I myself am from the Krasnoyarsk Territory, but here I studied. I recently read that in Nalchik a person was sentenced to three years conditionally. Probably, it will be still cruel further, but quieter and quieter. At some point, due to the fact that this is a lot, it will already be lost, but I would not really like it.

I am following the case of the creator of the Courier trade union Ukrainian. He is accused of not notifying rallies. There may be criminal cases on this line-because socio-economic conditions will not improve for a long time. Russia is very tied to the world economy. Still, Russia is not a country of Iran's level. For some time we can live like apartheid South Africa , but there in the 80s it was not very good because of the sanctions.

I’m not going to leave yet, besides, there is no possibility - I am not a too rich person. I also feel bad with languages, I can’t even learn.

Lisa

Barista

- Talking about the future is how to talk about what does not exist. While we have a certain king at the head of the country, he will be fucked up, and he will progress Stopudovo.

I will not leave. Because in 2019, I traveled Russia from St. Petersburg to Ulan-Ude back andword with my girlfriend. I looked in general at all the variety, all the beauty of the place where I was born and live. I'm not ready to just quit this place. This is my native country, I have been born here, I have been living all my life, and no matter what happens, I am not ready to leave. Perhaps I say so now, so far nothing happened. Everything can change, of course. But while I have such a position: even if it is quite fucked, I still will not leave.

I thought I would do if it was completely pressed. The choice either release the situation-“sit down and sit down”, or some indicative act of suicide, as the journalist committed in Nizhny Novgorod.

We discussed not so long ago that it is very difficult not to lose the inner rod in a situation where there are fewer people who are not afraid to speak out. It is increasingly difficult to keep this rod with the belief that you are adequate, that it is not the majority of the right that believes that war is okay, but we are like a minority, but we are adequate.

I believe that sooner or later a happy future can happen. It is possible that we will not live before him.

Memo

poet

- I hope that there will be no tightening of repression, but in all respects they are tightened. But I believe that with their tightening, the protest [activity] will increase, oddly enough. Although they want, on the contrary, to suppress her. I see people who first come to the courts, supporting people arrested only for thoughts - these are new people who were silent before.

I do not plan to leave - iron. If I were not a poet, I would have left, but also hardly. Still, I have to stay here, even if it is worse, and continue what I do. I will write, speak, promote the idea of ​​freedom of thought, so that this is in every person.

There is no fear. To be honest, as soon as our current president interceded, from Kursk , I understood everything - and from that moment I have not changed my position. Now people are beginning to understand, even Chulpan Khamatova, who says that she did not understand for 20 years, but now she realized. Because everyone wants to isolate himself and live in their cocoon, but this is impossible in the country where repression begins. If we are silent now, then tomorrow we will be taken away. And if we go [to the courts], then there is a chance that someone will not be taken away.

Everyone must understand what is happening, and not be afraid. The crimes that are committed against humanity are obvious. And if a person is silent about this, then he has not yet realized this. This is a misunderstanding of the situation and fear, which since 1917 has been driven into people. It’s like when serfdom was canceled and for many years people did not understand how to live without a master.

Vitaly Bovar

deputy head of the Moscow Region MO

- I am a municipal deputy. I represent the inhabitants, and anti -tuned residents. Most of them cannot leave the country, throw everything and find some kind of profession that is in demand abroad. Therefore, I see my future as a continuation of the representation of their interests. I am not going to leave due to the atmosphere of anxiety or a deterioration in the political background.

I believe that the current state does not have the opportunity, resources to revive the Stalinist mass repressive apparatus. Therefore, I think there will be a certain number of visible, significant criminal cases, as in the case of Sasha Skochilenko, but there will be no mass repressions, as in Chile with a pinch .

I try to rationally assess the risks, but I'm not afraid. The 21st century gave us the opportunity to regulate the incoming information flow. Moreover, my communication with friends who left creates the feeling that rather they came off from context, unless they take special measures to stay in this context.

Alina (the name changed at the request of the heroine)

Psychologist from Perm

- I work with children. For me, solidarity with people who cannot leave is very important. We have a very large layer of people - if you take areas, small cities - which have no idea that you can leave. It seems to me that it is a little wrong to leave when others do not have such an opportunity. It is as if to sit correctly and help people in their integration for something better that is.

There is a feeling that the next goal is LGBT people and organizations. Tighten in this direction has already gone. In our country, students of the Perm State University took a video about the attitude of students to LGBT people, and for this there were threats of deductions. It was a sign story for me-because about 6 years ago, when I studied there, everything was different. There is a feeling that soon all these repressions will begin stronger.

I used to think that such a point [to decide on departure] is when you can’t do anything in Russia from important things. Then I thought that sooner or later it would come up, that I am engaged in children-LGBT ... I don’t know-I think that I will try some particular industries, NPOs, but if NPOs no longer ... a difficult question.

Photo: Nika Samusik for "Paper"

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