Thirty years of Belovezhskaya betrayal
In general, so much has been written about the Belovezhskaya betrayal of the country that it is very difficult to add something from above. However, given that three decades have passed since that moment, it is worth recalling and even summing up some results.
On December 8, 1991, a group, in legal terms, organized by prior conspiracy in the person of B. Yeltsin, L. Kravchuk and S. Shushkevich, with the involved accomplices, carried out in fact a coup d'etat.
All these thirty years, the accomplices of the coup with all their might tried to convince the whole world that the Soviet Union collapsed on its own, as it was an unviable system.
A normal person with a bright head understands that an unviable system simply could not carry out everything that the Soviet people accomplished in the 70 years of the country's existence. But alas, such people are becoming less and less every year.
In fact, until December 1991, they tried to save the Union. Here you can say a lot of "warm" words to the then President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, who was good at speaking verbose speeches about nothing, but as an employee he was very much below average.
Gorbachev tried to save the country by concluding new treaties with the republics within the framework of the Union, but this was done like everything else with Mikhail Sergeevich: wordy and incomprehensible. The draft of the new union treaty, one might say, was born in agony, and in 1991 no one was interested in signing it. All of a sudden they wanted independence.
The first, as you remember, was Ukraine. Then the Baltics, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan fell off. As a result, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were left to “think about” the Union.
Kravchuk, on behalf of Ukraine, which gained independence, which was recognized by everyone, did not intend to sign a union treaty at all. But the document on the collapse of the USSR - I would love to wave it. Fantastic and alluring pictures of a bright future were unfolding in front of Ukraine, most likely projected from Washington.
Roughly the same thoughts wandered in Yeltsin's head. He clearly dreamed of one thing: the presidency. Moreover, for some reason, the chair of the President of the RSFSR did not suit him, he needed something different, but soft and comfortable.
By the way, it worked. And the armchair is just what you need, judging by the fact that in 30 years only two have sat in it. Forgive me generously, dear readers, but Medvedev's sitting on the edge of this chair cannot be considered the presidency. Understand why, who did not understand the message - August 2008, remember how this "president" was "in command". Well, the rest of his accomplishments ...
As a result, both Moscow and Washington recognize the independence of Ukraine. Yeltsin also wanted, you know, this independence. In general, everyone wanted to, because everyone suddenly thought what could happen if Yeltsin had all the power. And the newly-minted presidents of the newly-minted republics rushed to independence no worse than race horses, who went ahead.
In general, this, as he was later called, "parade of independence" did not help the cause, but rather hurt. Hastened the collapse of the Soviet state.
Well, then those who today in textbooks are called neither more nor less, but “builders of a new type of democracy” got down to business. The head of the group was Yeltsin, who served as a signboard. And behind Yeltsin were G. Burbulis, E. Gaidar, S. Shakhrai and A. Kozyrev. It was this group that prepared what was then called the Bialowieza Agreement, and now it can be safely called the Bialowieza Treachery.
On December 8, a group of representatives from the three republics put their signatures on the document that marked the end of the Soviet Union and the beginning of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
It is also worth remembering the races with the words of Messrs. Yeltsin and Burbulis from Russia, Kravchuk and Fokin from Ukraine and Shushkevich and Kebich from Belarus.
By the way, why only Russia, Ukraine and Belarus? Nobody was surprised by such a composition?
It is worth remembering the "great lawyer" Shakhrai. This is according to his calculations, since in 1922 the Soviet Union was formed by the RSFSR, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Republic, then since the Transcaucasus by that time ceased to exist, it means that the three remaining republics are enough to destroy the USSR.
By the way, it is quite logical that representatives of the Central Asian republics would be against such a trick. Nazarbayev was definitely against the collapse of the USSR. Therefore, everything was done quietly and vilely. And the place was beautifully chosen, very close to the border, so that if anything, it would be possible to go beyond the cordon.
But alas. Gorbachev was well aware of what was happening, but he did absolutely nothing to prevent the committed treason. So he can be safely ranked among the traitors to the Motherland to which he swore as president.
As a result, according to the document signed by three groups of traitors, "the USSR as a subject of international law and geopolitical reality ceases to exist."
On this, in fact, story The Soviet Union was over. The era of the CIS has begun.
Two documents were created and signed: "Statement of Heads of State" and "Statement of Heads of Government".
It said that the heads and leaders, realizing that "the short-sighted policy of the Center led to a deep economic and political crisis, to the collapse of production, a catastrophic decline in living standards of almost all strata of society," came to a decision about the need to liquidate the USSR.
Naturally, someone should have been accused of destroying the country. A certain "Center". The question is that they were all employees of this "center", as they worked in the appropriate positions.
Well, the cherry on the cake with the name "CIS" is that the conspirators first reported the events to the US President Bush Sr., and only then to their President Gorbachev.
Gorbachev was indignant, but did nothing again. Bush called a press conference and announced that the USSR no longer exists and the US won the Cold War. It was at this press conference that the figure spent on the collapse of the Soviet Union was announced - five trillion dollars.
By the way, literally a month before the events described, in November 1991, in one of his speeches, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that “Yeltsin received substantial assistance during the events of August 1991, when the leading elite of the USSR, blocking Gorbachev, tried to restore the system that ensured the integrity of the USSR ”.
It is understandable why Yeltsin and company were the first to rush to report to Bush. The owners rarely like the displays of excessive initiative from the servants.
Nevertheless, the deed was done. And to this day, Russians continue to stubbornly drum into the heads of Russians the myth that the USSR was an unviable entity and disintegrated by itself. And what happened in Belovezhskaya Pushcha is like a simple statement of fact. And refugees who flocked to Russia in droves from the former republics of the former USSR, forced migrants and other victims of this crime are simply a consequence of which neither Yeltsin nor his accomplices were to blame.
And what about the guarantor who should have done everything possible? Arrest, appoint an investigation, court? Gorbachev let everything go on the brakes. Apparently, the GKChP finally broke his already not great will. It was easier for Mikhail Sergeevich to give up everything and run away to live in Germany, where he paid more than more than a vengeance.
Army ... Yes, the army at that time was simply stunned by what was happening. But it was the same Soviet Army that could solve all the problems. Of course, the August putsch somewhat diminished confidence, but everyone remembered the results of the March referendum on the preservation of the USSR. And if Gorbachev remembered that he was the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and would simply tear up all these little pieces of paper ...
All that the president of the USSR could do was absolutely ridiculous calls to think again and some kind of inarticulate babble. And together, all this cooled the desire to protect the USSR among many. On the contrary, everyone took Gorbachev's drain with some relief, hoping that now the transition from verbiage to business would begin.
And the transition took place, but somewhat not in the place where everyone thought.
The first blow to the economic space of the CIS was the disappearance of the single ruble space. And this was a real collapse of the entire general system.
The national banks of the "independent states" wanted to print rubles in unlimited quantities, which gave rise to the hyperinflation of the 90s. The Russian Central Bank was unable to take control of the money supply; any attempt was regarded as an attempt on the independence of these countries.
And the Russian Federation was the first to leave the post-Soviet economic space, starting to print the Russian ruble instead of the Soviet one. Well, and then all the rest reached out. Coupons, bunnies, tenge ... And the dollar reigned over everything ...
The Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR violated more than 30 articles of the Constitution of the RSFSR in force at that time, which contained a mention of the USSR. Moreover, on April 21, 1992, the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR in Articles 4, 7, 30 of the Constitution of the RSFSR confirmed that the Constitution and laws of the USSR are in force on the territory of the RSFSR, and the Russian Federation itself is part of the USSR.
Not everyone in the country approved of this. At the aforementioned Congress of People's Deputies (they were really people's then), Messrs. Yeltsin, Khasbulatov and Filatov THREE TIMES raised the issue of ratifying the Belovezhskaya Agreements and three times the Congress refused to vote for the exclusion of the article on the existence of the USSR from the Constitution of the RSFSR.
But it all ended with a parliamentary execution in 1993.
Today, however, the authors of the Belovezhskaya treachery are no longer so active in exposing their roles in the collapse of the USSR. Shakhrai and Burbulis today whitewash themselves in two voices and blame everything on Gaidar, who really, at one time, very proudly talked about his role in the crime.
The collapse of the Soviet Union is a world tragedy
Indeed, we watched how Europe was uniting, creating a single economic, legal and even political space. Using in this the real experience of the USSR. And that state, which they did not copy, but took as a model, was divided into components.
So what have we got in these thirty years?
For thirty years Russia was ruled by two people. Medvedev does not count, it is clear with him, the local holder and nothing more. Russia was ruled by Yeltsin and Putin, whom he brought.
So what did they do?
Millions of people have lost their homeland, ended up not on their own in a foreign territory, and the return of many thousands to their homeland has become another tragedy for many.
The Russian economy has received a deep knockout and still cannot recover. The ruble continues to fall in price from year to year, the population's debt burden is growing, although not at the rate that Gref would like.
Russian industry, torn from the Soviet system, is unable to provide the production of many things the country needs. Moreover, the industry is also in a deep crisis and is simply not capable of what it was 30 years ago.
Soviet medicine, which was rightfully one of the best in the world, resisted for a long time, but was destroyed. The events of 2020-2021 showed the complete inability of the Ministry of Health to treat Russians and save their lives.
Over the years, culture has become a vile swamp. Let the Russians also have merit in this, but the degradation of cinema and theater is simply stunning.
Education has been destroyed. The teacher, carrying knowledge and education, was brought to the level of a beggar providing educational services.
The state machine has turned into an apparatus for milking money out of the population through taxes, levies and - especially - fines with or without them.
The coronavirus has shown the complete impotence of power from the very top to the very bottom.
The army and navy, despite the beautiful stories that 50, 60, 70 percent are new equipment, are equipped with Soviet weapons. Modernization of old weapons, designed to somehow patch the holes in the country's defense (from ships to ICBMs) with its size is simply terrifying.
The Soviet human right to work, rest, restoration of health and housing has been destroyed. They took away their pensions. Those who have not yet been taken away will be taken away, there is no need to worry.
I don’t want to talk about Russia's authority on the world stage.
But how joyfully the growing legion of Russian billionaires looks on the pages of Forbes.
And how can you be sure of the correct (correct, not fair) results of any elections and referendums.
In general, the team that committed the betrayal in December 1991 continues its activities very successfully today. Yes, Yeltsin, Burbulis, Shakhrai, Gaidar were replaced by younger Putin, Gref, Chubais, Medvedev, Nabiullina and others.
And everything that Putin's team has done over the 21 years of his rule has long ago made it clear that there will be no return to those times. Never.
Here one can only regret that the entire people of that country were betrayed several times in 1991. Betrayed and sold. And they continue to do this from year to year. Sell, pursuing a completely anti-popular policy.
The Soviet Union has sunk into history, becoming a kind of brand. All these cafes in a retro style, the Internet littered with memories of "how it was in the USSR" and so on. Particularly touching are recipes like "you will forever forget about joint pain if you take the usual Soviet ...". Thirty years is a long time.
But the way we set things up in terms of education, you can be calm: in another 30 years, when the last real citizens of the USSR leave, they will be remembered as a kind of fairy tale. Where everyone lived well, the sun was shining brighter, and prices were meager.
But our memory is such a thing ... As long as we remember, we will not forget. Ugly date of the dastardly case. But it happened, and all that remains for us is to remember the times when the state served its citizens, we had rights (in addition to responsibilities) and not only faith in a bright future, but this future as well.
It was taken away from us, it was robbed several times throughout the country with reforms and vouchers, and it was deprived of a lot of things.
Now, having lived these 30 years, you involuntarily begin to think - is it not a payment for the fact that then, in December 1991, we were all so thirsty for democracy and some kind of freedom?
True, instead of a demos / people, the country is ruled by an oligarchy, which for some reason does not exist. And freedom ... From what? From whom? Indeed, what kind of freedom have we found? Or did they find freedom who got at their disposal what used to belong to the people and the state?
The Soviet Union, for all its disadvantages, was a country in which workers and collective farmers proved that they were able to work fruitfully without effective managers around their necks. Our destiny is to feed the backcountrymen and support the parasites who solve their problems at our expense. This is today's Russia.
Indeed, punishment for being silent thirty years ago?
Required postscript. I know that there are many people on the site who speak in the style "I just started living as a person in Russia." I ask you not to take everything written to heart, just everyone has their own truth.
Because even centuries do not erase the shame of a nation. And here the shame was multinational
On December 8, 1991, a group, in legal terms, organized by prior conspiracy in the person of B. Yeltsin, L. Kravchuk and S. Shushkevich, with the involved accomplices, carried out in fact a coup d'etat.
All these thirty years, the accomplices of the coup with all their might tried to convince the whole world that the Soviet Union collapsed on its own, as it was an unviable system.
A normal person with a bright head understands that an unviable system simply could not carry out everything that the Soviet people accomplished in the 70 years of the country's existence. But alas, such people are becoming less and less every year.
In fact, until December 1991, they tried to save the Union. Here you can say a lot of "warm" words to the then President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, who was good at speaking verbose speeches about nothing, but as an employee he was very much below average.
Gorbachev tried to save the country by concluding new treaties with the republics within the framework of the Union, but this was done like everything else with Mikhail Sergeevich: wordy and incomprehensible. The draft of the new union treaty, one might say, was born in agony, and in 1991 no one was interested in signing it. All of a sudden they wanted independence.
The first, as you remember, was Ukraine. Then the Baltics, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan fell off. As a result, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were left to “think about” the Union.
Kravchuk, on behalf of Ukraine, which gained independence, which was recognized by everyone, did not intend to sign a union treaty at all. But the document on the collapse of the USSR - I would love to wave it. Fantastic and alluring pictures of a bright future were unfolding in front of Ukraine, most likely projected from Washington.
Roughly the same thoughts wandered in Yeltsin's head. He clearly dreamed of one thing: the presidency. Moreover, for some reason, the chair of the President of the RSFSR did not suit him, he needed something different, but soft and comfortable.
By the way, it worked. And the armchair is just what you need, judging by the fact that in 30 years only two have sat in it. Forgive me generously, dear readers, but Medvedev's sitting on the edge of this chair cannot be considered the presidency. Understand why, who did not understand the message - August 2008, remember how this "president" was "in command". Well, the rest of his accomplishments ...
As a result, both Moscow and Washington recognize the independence of Ukraine. Yeltsin also wanted, you know, this independence. In general, everyone wanted to, because everyone suddenly thought what could happen if Yeltsin had all the power. And the newly-minted presidents of the newly-minted republics rushed to independence no worse than race horses, who went ahead.
In general, this, as he was later called, "parade of independence" did not help the cause, but rather hurt. Hastened the collapse of the Soviet state.
Well, then those who today in textbooks are called neither more nor less, but “builders of a new type of democracy” got down to business. The head of the group was Yeltsin, who served as a signboard. And behind Yeltsin were G. Burbulis, E. Gaidar, S. Shakhrai and A. Kozyrev. It was this group that prepared what was then called the Bialowieza Agreement, and now it can be safely called the Bialowieza Treachery.
On December 8, a group of representatives from the three republics put their signatures on the document that marked the end of the Soviet Union and the beginning of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
It is also worth remembering the races with the words of Messrs. Yeltsin and Burbulis from Russia, Kravchuk and Fokin from Ukraine and Shushkevich and Kebich from Belarus.
By the way, why only Russia, Ukraine and Belarus? Nobody was surprised by such a composition?
It is worth remembering the "great lawyer" Shakhrai. This is according to his calculations, since in 1922 the Soviet Union was formed by the RSFSR, Ukraine, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Republic, then since the Transcaucasus by that time ceased to exist, it means that the three remaining republics are enough to destroy the USSR.
By the way, it is quite logical that representatives of the Central Asian republics would be against such a trick. Nazarbayev was definitely against the collapse of the USSR. Therefore, everything was done quietly and vilely. And the place was beautifully chosen, very close to the border, so that if anything, it would be possible to go beyond the cordon.
But alas. Gorbachev was well aware of what was happening, but he did absolutely nothing to prevent the committed treason. So he can be safely ranked among the traitors to the Motherland to which he swore as president.
As a result, according to the document signed by three groups of traitors, "the USSR as a subject of international law and geopolitical reality ceases to exist."
On this, in fact, story The Soviet Union was over. The era of the CIS has begun.
Two documents were created and signed: "Statement of Heads of State" and "Statement of Heads of Government".
It said that the heads and leaders, realizing that "the short-sighted policy of the Center led to a deep economic and political crisis, to the collapse of production, a catastrophic decline in living standards of almost all strata of society," came to a decision about the need to liquidate the USSR.
Naturally, someone should have been accused of destroying the country. A certain "Center". The question is that they were all employees of this "center", as they worked in the appropriate positions.
Well, the cherry on the cake with the name "CIS" is that the conspirators first reported the events to the US President Bush Sr., and only then to their President Gorbachev.
Gorbachev was indignant, but did nothing again. Bush called a press conference and announced that the USSR no longer exists and the US won the Cold War. It was at this press conference that the figure spent on the collapse of the Soviet Union was announced - five trillion dollars.
By the way, literally a month before the events described, in November 1991, in one of his speeches, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that “Yeltsin received substantial assistance during the events of August 1991, when the leading elite of the USSR, blocking Gorbachev, tried to restore the system that ensured the integrity of the USSR ”.
It is understandable why Yeltsin and company were the first to rush to report to Bush. The owners rarely like the displays of excessive initiative from the servants.
Nevertheless, the deed was done. And to this day, Russians continue to stubbornly drum into the heads of Russians the myth that the USSR was an unviable entity and disintegrated by itself. And what happened in Belovezhskaya Pushcha is like a simple statement of fact. And refugees who flocked to Russia in droves from the former republics of the former USSR, forced migrants and other victims of this crime are simply a consequence of which neither Yeltsin nor his accomplices were to blame.
And what about the guarantor who should have done everything possible? Arrest, appoint an investigation, court? Gorbachev let everything go on the brakes. Apparently, the GKChP finally broke his already not great will. It was easier for Mikhail Sergeevich to give up everything and run away to live in Germany, where he paid more than more than a vengeance.
Army ... Yes, the army at that time was simply stunned by what was happening. But it was the same Soviet Army that could solve all the problems. Of course, the August putsch somewhat diminished confidence, but everyone remembered the results of the March referendum on the preservation of the USSR. And if Gorbachev remembered that he was the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and would simply tear up all these little pieces of paper ...
All that the president of the USSR could do was absolutely ridiculous calls to think again and some kind of inarticulate babble. And together, all this cooled the desire to protect the USSR among many. On the contrary, everyone took Gorbachev's drain with some relief, hoping that now the transition from verbiage to business would begin.
And the transition took place, but somewhat not in the place where everyone thought.
The first blow to the economic space of the CIS was the disappearance of the single ruble space. And this was a real collapse of the entire general system.
The national banks of the "independent states" wanted to print rubles in unlimited quantities, which gave rise to the hyperinflation of the 90s. The Russian Central Bank was unable to take control of the money supply; any attempt was regarded as an attempt on the independence of these countries.
And the Russian Federation was the first to leave the post-Soviet economic space, starting to print the Russian ruble instead of the Soviet one. Well, and then all the rest reached out. Coupons, bunnies, tenge ... And the dollar reigned over everything ...
A few words about lawlessness
The Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR violated more than 30 articles of the Constitution of the RSFSR in force at that time, which contained a mention of the USSR. Moreover, on April 21, 1992, the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR in Articles 4, 7, 30 of the Constitution of the RSFSR confirmed that the Constitution and laws of the USSR are in force on the territory of the RSFSR, and the Russian Federation itself is part of the USSR.
Not everyone in the country approved of this. At the aforementioned Congress of People's Deputies (they were really people's then), Messrs. Yeltsin, Khasbulatov and Filatov THREE TIMES raised the issue of ratifying the Belovezhskaya Agreements and three times the Congress refused to vote for the exclusion of the article on the existence of the USSR from the Constitution of the RSFSR.
But it all ended with a parliamentary execution in 1993.
Today, however, the authors of the Belovezhskaya treachery are no longer so active in exposing their roles in the collapse of the USSR. Shakhrai and Burbulis today whitewash themselves in two voices and blame everything on Gaidar, who really, at one time, very proudly talked about his role in the crime.
The collapse of the Soviet Union is a world tragedy
Indeed, we watched how Europe was uniting, creating a single economic, legal and even political space. Using in this the real experience of the USSR. And that state, which they did not copy, but took as a model, was divided into components.
So what have we got in these thirty years?
For thirty years Russia was ruled by two people. Medvedev does not count, it is clear with him, the local holder and nothing more. Russia was ruled by Yeltsin and Putin, whom he brought.
So what did they do?
Millions of people have lost their homeland, ended up not on their own in a foreign territory, and the return of many thousands to their homeland has become another tragedy for many.
The Russian economy has received a deep knockout and still cannot recover. The ruble continues to fall in price from year to year, the population's debt burden is growing, although not at the rate that Gref would like.
Russian industry, torn from the Soviet system, is unable to provide the production of many things the country needs. Moreover, the industry is also in a deep crisis and is simply not capable of what it was 30 years ago.
Soviet medicine, which was rightfully one of the best in the world, resisted for a long time, but was destroyed. The events of 2020-2021 showed the complete inability of the Ministry of Health to treat Russians and save their lives.
Over the years, culture has become a vile swamp. Let the Russians also have merit in this, but the degradation of cinema and theater is simply stunning.
Education has been destroyed. The teacher, carrying knowledge and education, was brought to the level of a beggar providing educational services.
The state machine has turned into an apparatus for milking money out of the population through taxes, levies and - especially - fines with or without them.
The coronavirus has shown the complete impotence of power from the very top to the very bottom.
The army and navy, despite the beautiful stories that 50, 60, 70 percent are new equipment, are equipped with Soviet weapons. Modernization of old weapons, designed to somehow patch the holes in the country's defense (from ships to ICBMs) with its size is simply terrifying.
The Soviet human right to work, rest, restoration of health and housing has been destroyed. They took away their pensions. Those who have not yet been taken away will be taken away, there is no need to worry.
I don’t want to talk about Russia's authority on the world stage.
But how joyfully the growing legion of Russian billionaires looks on the pages of Forbes.
And how can you be sure of the correct (correct, not fair) results of any elections and referendums.
In general, the team that committed the betrayal in December 1991 continues its activities very successfully today. Yes, Yeltsin, Burbulis, Shakhrai, Gaidar were replaced by younger Putin, Gref, Chubais, Medvedev, Nabiullina and others.
And everything that Putin's team has done over the 21 years of his rule has long ago made it clear that there will be no return to those times. Never.
Here one can only regret that the entire people of that country were betrayed several times in 1991. Betrayed and sold. And they continue to do this from year to year. Sell, pursuing a completely anti-popular policy.
The Soviet Union has sunk into history, becoming a kind of brand. All these cafes in a retro style, the Internet littered with memories of "how it was in the USSR" and so on. Particularly touching are recipes like "you will forever forget about joint pain if you take the usual Soviet ...". Thirty years is a long time.
But the way we set things up in terms of education, you can be calm: in another 30 years, when the last real citizens of the USSR leave, they will be remembered as a kind of fairy tale. Where everyone lived well, the sun was shining brighter, and prices were meager.
But our memory is such a thing ... As long as we remember, we will not forget. Ugly date of the dastardly case. But it happened, and all that remains for us is to remember the times when the state served its citizens, we had rights (in addition to responsibilities) and not only faith in a bright future, but this future as well.
It was taken away from us, it was robbed several times throughout the country with reforms and vouchers, and it was deprived of a lot of things.
Now, having lived these 30 years, you involuntarily begin to think - is it not a payment for the fact that then, in December 1991, we were all so thirsty for democracy and some kind of freedom?
True, instead of a demos / people, the country is ruled by an oligarchy, which for some reason does not exist. And freedom ... From what? From whom? Indeed, what kind of freedom have we found? Or did they find freedom who got at their disposal what used to belong to the people and the state?
The last thing I would like to say
The Soviet Union, for all its disadvantages, was a country in which workers and collective farmers proved that they were able to work fruitfully without effective managers around their necks. Our destiny is to feed the backcountrymen and support the parasites who solve their problems at our expense. This is today's Russia.
Indeed, punishment for being silent thirty years ago?
Required postscript. I know that there are many people on the site who speak in the style "I just started living as a person in Russia." I ask you not to take everything written to heart, just everyone has their own truth.
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