On Monday, I had a dubious pleasure for four hours to communicate with the investigator of the 1st (“spy”) department of the Investigative Department of the FSB Pavel Plotnikov in the management building in Lefortovo. The senior lieutenant of Justice explained that I was called for interrogation as a criminal witness against Sergei Tretyakov, a colonel of the SVR, who crossed the United States in 2000.

And again I’m talking about you and me. Today we find ourselves at a very unpleasant crossroads. If you put in front of you, for example, Dmitry Anatolyevich with all his military power, oil prices and modest support of Prime Minister Putin, and next to him - whoever you want - Harry Kimovich, Andrei Nikolaevich, Boris Efimovich against the open arms of the riot police, then my sympathies, of course , on the second side. But here one very important question arises.

Chechen human rights activists are asking for help in connection with the dismantling of the memorial to the victims of Stalin's repressions that began on May 29 in Grozny. They are going to move the monument outside the city, near Khankala. This barbarity is being carried out as part of the celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the Grozny fortress.