Happy belated New Year.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Any letters for Christmas?
Have any arrived? No, none yet.
None have arrived, but we sent everything, so it should
make it through. We mostly sent them to
Moscow by telegram.
We sent them. The beard, the beard—
I shaved it off, shaved the beard off again, the beard, the beard—
it's not allowed here, only up to 9 mm, one like
yours is prohibited.
here. I’ll try not to
end up here again, right—there’s nothing to do here.
How are you feeling?
Alexei: I’m fine, everything’s okay, thank you very much.
And in the cell—
is it cold? What? In the cell?
Cold? No, it’s normal. Well, I mean, in one
cell—I've been in several cells: first in
quarantine, then in the VKT, now in the SHIZO (punishment cell), somewhere
warmer, somewhere colder.
Somehow—it’s a practical issue. We’re trying
to sort it out. And books, any issues with the conditions
of detention? As for the conditions of detention—
there’s a little snag here, your honorables—
defendants, it’s much better here than in VK-6.
They also asked about IK-2 (Correctional Colony No. 2).
I could even talk about it. There is one problem, though.
There is one problem: I don’t know which court
I’m supposed to file with under these circumstances. The weather here is bad.
I don’t know where to.
The higher one, the higher one—well, yes. And how is the food?
How are things with the food? The food—how is it?
How is it? Fine. Everything’s good, everything’s good.
Please, have a seat.
Please. Court
is now in session.
Good afternoon, Your Honor, you can see my—well—
A tear, a tear is running down my cheek, I’m so glad to see you
all—my dear Kovrov Court.
My dear, beloved defendants, my dear
defense lawyers, and our dear, so to speak, secretary.
I’m very glad to—well then, Alexei—
let’s, let’s continue then.
the hearing. Go ahead—yes, I just
need five minutes to speak with the defense,
since you haven’t spoken for
about a month and a half, probably.
No objection? Yes. Alexei, please tell us,
do I understand correctly that we now have
12 days in SHIZO (punishment cell) now, and then another—
and the October letters, right? That’s all correct.
Correct. Notice how
half my papers disappeared while I was being transported, but
everything related to the Kovrov Court
I kept right next to my heart, and so
you see, I’m even up to date on our hearings.
Will you give me five minutes to talk
really, so I can understand what
is going on?
Any objections? No. It is hereby determined here—
time—