I'm close to insanity from the stink of newspapers, and almost cry when I accidentally hear the radio or stumble upon the ugly face of a TV reporter ... It's strange, but deep down I have always been sure that we would definitely return to this vomit. Even in the most encouraging times, I knew that it was a mirage, a deceit, a delusion, and we would fall down with a sob to worship this rotting corpse. What sadness, what boredom! And how eagerly everyone strives for stupefaction, baseness, dumbness. So few of us were spiritually prepared for a worthy life, a life of mind and heart; most didn't have the energy to do so. People were terrified of the smallest whiff of freedom, its faint shadow. Now they have embraced the usual lies. The ban on meanness and betrayal has been lifted again; again - no moral prohibitions, no responsibility - childish cynicism, pagan innocence, Neanderthal morality.
Russian writer Yuri Nagibin wrote these words in his diary in 1968 when the USSR invaded Czechoslovakia. How scary is it that Nagibin could have been writing this verbatim today?
Clarissa's Blog 
English speakers usually don’t see inner Russian propaganda, but somebody helpfully translated for them this super clear article:
View at Medium.com
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These are people who are preparing the ground for an ethnic cleansing.
What was it that I heard about “never again”? It was all completely meaningless, it seems.
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” ānever againā? It was all completely meaningless”
Especially since Germany has helped to finance this and has no intention of stopping financing it…
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Dear Clarissa, thank you for bringing this to your readers’ attention. I am left speechless. Tomorrow I will read it in class to my students.
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To put this in context for other readers, in the early 1960s there was a post -Stalinist relaxation of ideological strictures in the USSR. Its official name was “The Thaw.” GULAG prisoners were released. Stalin’s purges were condemned. Artists were allowed some freedom in creating less ideological art.
It all came crashing down in 1968 when the USSR invaded Czechoslovakia. It was followed by a massive ideological clampdown within the USSR. Artists like Nagibin were crushed. Such a small whiff of freedom, and over so fast! But the absolute majority of people were happy. Back to captivity, back to foreign conquests, back to domestic terror. What’s not to like?
And so it goes in circles.
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ŠŠ°ŃŠµ ŠæŠ¾ŃŠ¾Š»ŃŃŃŠ²Š¾ ŃŠ¾Š²Š¼ŠµŃŃŠ½Š¾ Ń ŠŠµŠ¾ŃŠ³ŠøŠ¹ ŠŠ¾Š³Š²ŠøŠ½ŃŠŗŠøŠ¹ ŠæŃŠ¾Š²ŠµŠ»Š¾ Š²ŃŠµŃŠ°, Š½Šµ ŠæŠ¾Š±Š¾ŃŃŃ ŃŃŠ¾Š³Š¾ ŃŠ»Š¾Š²Š°, ŃŠæŠµŃŠ¾ŠæŠµŃŠ°ŃŠøŃ.
Š ŃŃŠ¶ŠµŠ»ŠµŠ¹ŃŠøŃ ŃŃŠ»Š¾Š²ŠøŃŃ ŠøŠ· Š¾Š±ŃŠøŠ½Š½Š¾Š³Š¾ ŃŠµŠ½ŃŃŠ° Š² Š§ŠµŃŠ½ŠøŠ³Š¾Š²Šµ Š±ŃŠ»Š¾ ŃŠ²Š°ŠŗŃŠøŃŠ¾Š²Š°Š½Š¾ Š±Š¾Š»ŠµŠµ 250 ŃŠµŠ»Š¾Š²ŠµŠŗ, ŃŃŠµŠ“Šø Š½ŠøŃ Š½ŠµŃŠŗŠ¾Š»ŃŠŗŠ¾ ŠøŠ·ŃŠ°ŠøŠ»ŃŃŃŠ½. Š”ŃŠµŠ“Šø ŃŠ²Š°ŠŗŃŠøŃŠ¾Š²Š°Š½Š½ŃŃ Š½ŠµŃŠŗŠ¾Š»ŃŠŗŠ¾ ŃŠµŠ»Š¾Š²ŠµŠŗ Š² ŃŃŠ¶ŠµŠ»Š¾Š¼ ŃŠ¾ŃŃŠ¾ŃŠ½ŠøŠø, Š² ŃŠ¾Š¼ ŃŠøŃŠ»Šµ 8-Š»ŠµŃŠ½ŠøŠ¹ ŃŠµŠ±ŃŠ½Š¾Šŗ Ń Š¾ŃŠŗŠ¾Š»Š¾ŃŠ½ŃŠ¼Šø ŃŠ°Š½ŠµŠ½ŠøŃŠ¼Šø Š² ŃŠæŠøŠ½Šµ.
ŠŠ¾Š»Š¾Š½Š½Š° ŠøŠ· 50 Š¼Š°ŃŠøŠ½ Š²Š·ŃŠµŠ·Š¶Š°Š»Š° Š² Š³Š¾ŃŠ¾Š“ ŠæŠ¾Š“ Š¾Š±ŃŃŃŠµŠ»Š¾Š¼. ŠŠµ ŃŠ¾ŠæŃŠ¾Š²Š¾Š¶Š“Š°Š»Šø Š±Š¾Š¹ŃŃ Š½Š°ŃŠøŠ¾Š½Š°Š»ŃŠ½Š¾Š¹ ŠæŠ¾Š»ŠøŃŠøŠø Š£ŠŗŃŠ°ŠøŠ½Ń Šø ŃŠæŠµŃŠæŠ¾Š“ŃŠ°Š·Š“ŠµŠ»ŠµŠ½ŠøŃ ŠæŠ¾Š³ŃŠ°Š½ŠøŃŠ½Š¾Š¹ ŃŠ»ŃŠ¶Š±Ń. Š ŃŠŗŠ¾Š²Š¾Š“ŠøŠ» Š¾ŠæŠµŃŠ°ŃŠøŠµŠ¹ Š½Š° Š¼ŠµŃŃŠµ ŠŠµŠ¾ŃŠ³ŠøŠ¹ ŠŠ¾Š³Š²ŠøŠ½ŃŠŗŠøŠ¹. ŠŠ° ŃŠ²Š°ŠŗŃŠ°ŃŠøŠ¾Š½Š½Š¾Š¼ ŃŃŠ°Š½ŃŠæŠ¾ŃŃŠµ Š² Š³Š¾ŃŠ¾Š“ ŠæŃŠøŠ²ŠµŠ·Š»Šø Š³ŃŠ¼Š°Š½ŠøŃŠ°ŃŠ½ŃŃ ŠæŠ¾Š¼Š¾ŃŃ.
ŠŠ¼ŠµŃŃŠµ Ń ŠŠµŠ¾ŃŠ³ŠøŠµŠ¼ ŠŠ¾Š³Š²ŠøŠ½ŃŠŗŠøŠ¼ Šø ŠµŠ³Š¾ ŠŗŠ¾Š¼Š°Š½Š“Š¾Š¹ Š¼Ń ŠæŃŠ¾Š“Š¾Š»Š¶Š°ŠµŠ¼ ŠæŃŠ¾Š³ŃŠ°Š¼Š¼Ń ŃŠ²Š°ŠŗŃŠ°ŃŠøŠø. ŠŠ¾Š“Š“ŠµŃŠ¶Ń Š½Š°Š¼ Š¾ŠŗŠ°Š·ŃŠ²Š°ŃŃ ŠŠ²ŃŠµŠ¹ŃŠŗŠ¾Šµ ŠŠ³ŠµŠ½ŃŃŃŠ²Š¾ Š”Š¾Ń Š½ŃŃ, ŠŠµŃŠµŠ½ Ń Š°-ŠŃŠ¾Š“ Šø Š“ŠµŃŃŃŠŗŠø Š²Š¾Š»Š¾Š½ŃŠµŃŠ¾Š² ŠæŠ¾ Š²ŃŠµŠ¹ ŃŃŃŠ°Š½Šµ.
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Shocked:
via
https://sapojnik.livejournal.com/3816596.html
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Jesus.
Welcome to Russia.
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This is the best – listen to Russian representative in UN (in English). Only 20 seconds :
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A take not seen before:
“ŠŠ°Šŗ ŃŠ°Š· Š²ŃŠµŃŠ° Š·Š°Š“ŃŠ¼Š°Š»ŃŃ Š¾ ŃŠ¾Š¼, ŃŃŠ¾ Š¾ŃŠ½Š¾Š²Š½Š¾Š¹ Š³Š»ŃŠ±ŠøŠ½Š½Š¾Š¹ Š“Š²ŠøŠ¶ŃŃŠµŠ¹ ŃŠøŠ»Š¾Š¹ ŃŃŠ¾Š¹ Š²Š¾Š¹Š½Ń ŠŗŠ°Šŗ ŃŠ°Š· Šø ŃŠ²Š»ŃŠµŃŃŃ ŠæŃŠ¾ŃŠøŠ²Š¾ŃŃŠ¾ŃŠ½ŠøŠµ Š»ŃŠ“ŠµŠ¹ ŃŠøŠ·ŠøŃŠµŃŠŗŠ¾Š³Š¾ ŃŃŃŠ“Š° (ŠæŃŠµŠøŠ¼ŃŃŠµŃŃŠ²ŠµŠ½Š½Š¾ ŃŠµŠ»ŠµŠ·ŃŠøŃŠµŠ»ŠµŠ¹) Šø Š»ŃŠ“ŠµŠ¹, ŠŗŠ¾ŃŠ¾ŃŃŠµ Š·Š°ŃŠ°Š±Š°ŃŃŠ²Š°ŃŃ ŃŠ¼ŃŃŠ²ŠµŠ½Š½ŃŠ¼ ŃŃŃŠ“Š¾Š¼. ŠŠµŃŠ²ŃŠµ Š½ŠµŠ¾ŃŠ¾Š·Š½Š°Š½Š½Š¾ ŠæŃŃŠ°ŃŃŃŃ Š²ŠµŃŠ½ŃŃŃ ŃŠ²Š¾Ń Š² ŠæŠ¾ŃŠ»ŠµŠ“Š½ŠµŠµ Š²ŃŠµŠ¼Ń Š±ŃŃŃŃŠ¾ ŃŠ¾ŠŗŃŠ°ŃŠ°ŃŃŃŃŃŃ ŃŠ¾Š»Ń Š² Š¾Š±ŃŠµŃŃŠ²Šµ, ŠŗŠ¾ŃŠ¾ŃŠ¾Šµ Š²ŃŃ Š¼ŠµŠ½ŃŃŠµ Š½ŃŠ¶Š“Š°ŠµŃŃŃ Š² ŃŠøŠ·ŠøŃŠµŃŠŗŠ¾Š¼ Šø Š½ŠµŠŗŠ²Š°Š»ŠøŃŠøŃŠøŃŠ¾Š²Š°Š½Š½Š¾Š¼ ŃŃŃŠ“Šµ. ŠŠ¾Š¹Š½Š° Šø ŠµŃ ŠæŠ¾ŃŠ»ŠµŠ“ŃŃŠ²ŠøŃ ŃŠ½Š¾Š²Š° ŃŠ“Š²ŠøŠ½ŃŃ ŃŠ¾ŃŠøŠ°Š»ŃŠ½ŃŠ¹ Š±Š°Š»Š°Š½Ń Š² ŠøŃ ŠæŠ¾Š»ŃŠ·Ń. ŠŠ¼ŠµŠ½Š½Š¾ ŠæŠ¾ŃŃŠ¾Š¼Ń Š¾Š½Šø Š½Šµ ŃŠ¾Š»ŃŠŗŠ¾ Š½Šµ Š±Š¾ŃŃŃŃ, Š½Š¾ Š“Š°Š¶Šµ Šø ŠæŃŠøŠ²ŠµŃŃŃŠ²ŃŃŃ Š² ŠŗŠ°ŠŗŠ¾Š¹-ŃŠ¾ Š¼ŠµŃŠµ Šø ŃŠ°Š·ŃŃŃŠµŠ½ŠøŃ Šø Š“ŠµŠ³ŃŠ°Š“Š°ŃŠøŃ.”
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Beautifully written and hauntingly applicable today. I’ve already shared it with some people.
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