I have been thinking a lot: well, why do I have it in for Putin? Why do I dislike him so much that I’ve even written a book? Although I am not his opponent, not a political competitor, but just one of the citizens living in Russia? Simply a 45-year-old Muscovite, and that means I was around when the Soviet Union was collapsing brutally in the 70-80s of the last century, so I really don’t want to go there again …
I finish writing the book on May 6th, 2004 — specifically on May 6th. Tomorrow it will all be over. No miracle challenging the results of the elections on March 14th happened, the opposition agreed to everything and bowed their heads. And so tomorrow is the day of the inauguration of Putin-2, who was elected to power by an insane number of residents’ votes — more than 70 percent, and even if we cut off 20 percent for «addition» (falsification), it will still be quite enough for the presidency in Russia.
There are only a few hours left until May 7th, 2004, and Putin, a typical lieutenant colonel in the Soviet KGB, with a narrow-minded worldview of a lieutenant colonel, with an nondescript look of a lieutenant colonel, who has not risen up to a colonel, with the manners of a Soviet secret police officer who is used to professional spying on his own comrades, vindictive