“I’m one of the dissenters!” Svetlana Bondarchuk said. “I believe freedom of speech has been lost in this country. I don’t understand what the people marching want. Maybe Fyodor is right—many of them are dishonest and just seeking publicity; there’s probably a lot of nonsense there, and plenty of people who simply have nothing better to do. But I do not agree with what is happening now. I don’t have an apartment in London or a house on the French Riviera, so I won’t be able to leave if things go wrong, and it matters to me that my government be fair. Probably, if I come to the rally, many of the people there will be unlikeable to me. But it’s necessary. That’s how it should be. This must not be banned. And next time, I’ll go to the Dissenters’ March myself.” “And are you ready to stand by those words?” “Yes, absolutely. ///////