An interview with Zakhar Prilepin. When he receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, I’ll have one more reason to bask in his glory. - How do you assess the current political situation? And what feelings do you personally have toward the current Russian authorities? - I’d say I hate them. But the ones who should be hated are those who let them come to power. No one but the democrats themselves is to blame for the ghouls taking power. Someone was bound to come along. Here I am now, sitting through endless organizing committee meetings, listening to endless bickering, and I realize that Putin—and whoever comes after him—should be bowing at the feet of opposition figures like these. They’ve done far more for him than the FSB (Russia’s security service). I understand perfectly well that, for the country at this moment, Putin is better than the opposition coming to power in its current form. It seems that’s exactly why you and I created “NAROD” (“The People”)—to change the situation. Full text
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