About the meaning of the existence of Russians who find themselves in a free world, but did not tear with their people The action in Berlin against Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 27, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER Vysotsky once said that “We are needed in Paris, like in a bathhouse!” He was right. Putin, having expelled us from the country, deprived us of a lot - at home, the usual environment, work and thousands of other things.