You may laugh, but I’m back in SHIZO (a Russian punitive isolation cell) again. They let me out on Sunday evening, and by Monday afternoon they had locked me up again—and they’re not even hiding the fact that I’m not getting out of this hole anytime soon. But at least now I finally know what they’re locking me up for. So, a brief statement. The issue is that I am “too politically active for a prisoner.” The prisoners’ union I created is a particular source of irritation: “We didn’t lock you up so you could start unions in here.” And the Kremlin is absolutely furious about our work promoting the “List of 6,000”—oligarchs, corrupt officials, and war inciters who should be sanctioned. The people on the list are very worried and are demanding that measures be taken to make ACF (the Anti-Corruption Foundation) “calm down”—me in particular. The message is this: you want us to be banned from entering Nice and London? Fine—then you’ll sit not just in prison, but on an iron stool in a 2-by-3-meter (about 6.5-by-10-foot) cell, living on thin prison gruel. So here is my public answer to all of them at once: fine, I’ll do the time. Truth and independence come at a price, and I’m paying mine. And I still have it better than many people—bombs aren’t falling here. I hate this war, and my colleagues at ACF and I are trying to do whatever we can to bring its end closer. Pressure on Putin’s corrupt elite, up to and including splitting it apart, is exactly what is needed now. Right now, of the 200 Putin-linked oligarchs on the Forbes list, only 46 are under sanctions. Propagandists calling for murder are still flying to Berlin for weekend trips. This situation is perfectly comfortable for Putin’s elite. Why should they change anything? Why should they withhold their loyalty from Putin if they continue to enjoy all the benefits and privileges of the West? Adopting the List of 6,000 would finally destroy this status quo, force Putin’s elite—not just a few individuals, but a broad circle of them—to make a choice, and ultimately split them apart. I am grateful to everyone for the support, but the best gesture of solidarity for me would be your help in getting the List of 6,000 adopted. And one last thing. SHIZO—I won’t lie—is a hellish closet, unpleasant in every possible way. But there are things in life more important than comfort. No matter how long I have to stay here, I will not give up either what I believe in or what I am doing with my comrades. Not in big things, and not in small ones.