I keep meaning to write something about the verdict against Sasha Belov. "...he also insulted representatives of the executive branch by associating them with Jews in a negative sense." (from the text of the indictment.) But after Emelin’s poem, there’s really nothing left to say. An excerpt: And our ministers and deputy ministers, As one close-knit working collective, Do not want to be Jews in the negative sense; They want to be Jews in the positive sense. They will not allow just any scum To encroach upon their managerial charisma. The only troubling thing is whether the wording of the charge Contains some disguised anti-Semitism.