19 years in a maximum-security penal colony. The number itself is meaningless. I fully understand that, like many political prisoners, I am serving a life sentence. One where “life” is measured either by the length of my life or by the lifespan of this regime. The length of the sentence is not for me. It is for you. They want to frighten you, not me, and strip you of the will to resist. They are trying to force you to surrender your Russia without a fight to a gang of traitors, thieves, and scoundrels who have seized power. Putin must not achieve his goal. Do not lose your will to resist.