I text Belykh: What the hell, you disgrace, why did you sign the letter against Gazeta? Have you completely lost it? Belykh: I didn’t sign anything, it’s all lies. Me: But it’s being reported everywhere. Belykh: I didn’t sign it, and I’m already tired of commenting on this. My office is in the middle of a maski-show (slang for a heavy-handed police raid): searches, arrests, and document seizures. Well then, I’d only just left Krasnoyarsk and the most interesting part began. We should have held the debate this evening. The document seizures would have added to the speakers’ emotional intensity.

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