Text : Elena Chesnokova photography : Elizabeth Kochergina May 20, 2019 On the evening of April 23, in the north-west of Moscow, in one Caucasian restaurant with crystal chandeliers and velvet sofas, the second international beauty contest for girls with the esoteric abilities of Miss Different Reality was held. Ten applicants fought for the title and crown, among whom the witch-girl, a veterinarian, Indigo Child and at least six tarologists.

With this text, we continue a series of travel essays from Berlin , Sri Lanka , New York and other places. Seeds of learned helplessness, fruits of hatred, a living culture of despair and the lack of prospects-that is what the author of Samizdat in New York is carrying with him, hoping to receive in return his share in the smuggling of values, the traffic of ideas, and the illegal turnover of observations and experience.