Mandelshtam's verse,
for example:
Two dormant apples
of the ruling time
And a beautiful mouth of clay
But to the trembling hand
of his aging son
He will prostrate himself, dying . . .
Yes, everything's different now.
A new generation has grown up
What do they call them -
Generation Next? X?
Whatever it is, they're kids,
our own kids
l reckon Alyosha is messing
with drugs
Ugh, l'm frightened to even
think about it
See, he'd never smoked before
But then l noticed. . .
Drugs are bad, of course.
But on the other hand. . .
Ah, Nina lvanovna, l envy them
They grew up free!
They can read whatever they like,
can see any films, books, lectures
Do whatever they want
The world is their oyster
But see, we had to fight for
every little freedom
And see, we continue to fight
The KGB hasn't vanished at all
That's the way it is Nina lvanovna
But if suddenly someday
l am unable to protect myself
Whatever new battle
Should shake the earth's sphere
l will nonetheless fall there
ln that one and only civil war
And commissars in dusty helmets
Will bend over me in silence
Now stay where you are
l'll be a minute
So that's it. They're following him.
l'm sure
l've got a nose for them
We'll need a nice dress
A little make-up
Alexei will become...
...a prima donna
A dress? Right away. . .
The single preliminary condition
should be
ending governmental terror against
the population
Well, you understand perfectly well
what 'governmental' means
Of course. But you don't?
Well, how can terror be governmental?
So, say, we know it's governmental. But
maybe it's not 'terror' exactly but rather. . .
But 'terror' sounds better. Now is the time
to strike with plain talk
My dear, are you taking this text
to the government, to the committee?
Yes!
And you're claiming that they're
terrorists? Right?
- Excuse me. . .
- What do you want?
The war's coming from the Kremlin,
don't you see?
And where's our government seated?
ln the Kremlin
Who sanctioned the war?
The government!
There's a man here asking for. . .
Sorry, where can l find Alexander
here, who. . .
That way!
Either 'governmental' is wrong or
'terror' is. That's my deepest conviction
OK what do you propose?
Say not 'governmental' but
'military' terror, for example
And who sanctions the military?
Or 'governmental pressure'.
There, something like that
We are at war. Peaceful civilians
are being killed!
Hello. You're Alexander?
Yes, hello
Alexander Abramovich sent me.
l've come about the experiment
Aha. Are you one of the sexual
minorities?
No, Alexander Abramovich told me
to dress like this
Alexander Abramovich?
Just a moment
- Because l'm being followed.
- Followed?
Really?
This is getting interesting
May l ask you...
now...
for more details. . .
Here, take a seat, please
Well, you go in and they switch
this thing on...
Please, take a seat
Right. So, if you and Alexander
Abramovich are to defend human rights
then you must to tell them
Because they beat me up
Aha. That's very interesting
Right now we're preparing...
a brochure in Norway...
All about these experiments...
concerning sex change...
Now, where did you say
this all took place?
Well l have the paper here
Now let's try to check
Hello, Alexander Abramovich.
Yes, he's with me
We're going to deal with this
straight away
Ah, so is it. . .
He's his grandson. Well!
Ok. Then l'll put out a press release:
A week has already passed
And the hounding continues...
The persecution
Of the grandson of the well known
dissident A.A. Vorontsov
But what about the experiment?
Do you understand how far
they've gone? Call that democracy?
l wrote a new poem yesterday:
As long as the world keeps on spinning
As long as we still have rulers. . .
Young man, what an interesting
theme you have
What do you plan next?
To emigrate?
l mean are you planning on the Czech
Republic,