The New Times publishes excerpts from Lyudmila Ulitskaya on the release of the book of Natalia Gorbanevskaya October 30 - Memorial Day of the victims of political repression.

About what the current, Putin, emigration in the United States differs from the previous His wife is studying in Colombian and dancing swing. His children with Anglo-Saxon names go to a private school, and after lessons they walk in a Central Park with a Russian nanny so as not to forget their native speech. He lives in a quarter of multimillionaires with a view of the Columbus monument, reminding him of the Alexander column.

The chairman of the State Duma demanded that the heads of the Duma factions until October 31 collect all the diplomatic passports in the hands of parliamentarians. Independent deputies see this attempt to limit and “bureaucratic” Duma diplomatic contacts. According to the law, each of the deputies of the State Duma has the right to receive a “blue” diplomatic passport that allows you to visit foreign countries without a visa.

There will be no communists in the new composition of the Verkhovna Rada and, it seems, nationalists But the success of real reforms in Ukraine is still not predetermined.

Kharkov miraculously was not drawn into the confrontation in the southeast of Ukraine ** Now it is a front -line city: the military, refugees and volunteers, supplying the Ukrainian army with everything necessary, have become part of the city landscape. The New Times correspondent met in Kharkov with people whose life was truly tested for strength.