Clarissa's Blog

Russians can’t help but be very literary in everything they do. The letter if famous artists in support of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is signed by some people who have been dead for a while.

And when Putin travels around the country, the dilapidated shacks that he passes in a car are covered with fabric painted with the images of beautiful, clean houses with geraniums in the windows.

And when he visits restaurants or stores, which he does sometimes, all the store assistants and waiters who are taller than him are asked to hide.