Your letters. February 17, 2018
“Anatoly Ivanovich! Why do we need an army? Protect oil, gas and emptiness of Siberia. All income from oil and gas goes to the imperious hundred, its officials and guards - to protect them from us. They do not need us, we, like convicts - still need to feed them. Well, if we are convicts, we must profess the main commandment of the zone: do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask. And we do not need them. As long as we can’t get rid of them, we need to live past the authorities.