From protests in Lubyanka to escaping as a courier. The last peaceful years and the first months of the war in Russia through the eyes of Maria Alekhina Her new book “Politics. How to Survive in (of) Russia”

“Political. How to survive.” V From Russia is a new book by activist, artist and Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina. This is a first-person account of how Russian authorities gradually put pressure on Alekhina and her friends and associates outside the country. The book covers the period from October 2020 to spring 2022. How to Survive V “From Russia” is a chronicle of the pre-war period and the first months of the war and a personal diary: behind the news headlines and annoying telegram posts, vivid emotions emerge: fear, resentment, despair, fear, love, sadness (many heroes of this book died in the war waged by Russia on different sides of the front) and anger. See what the last years of peace and the first months of war looked like through the eyes of Maria Alekhina.

Buy the book “Politics. How to Survive.” V From Russia” is available at connection. Very soon we will release the first book by Maria Alekhina in electronic format “Days of Riot”.

Square near the Kremlin. We put on Russian dresses, approach the column, tie the riot policeman to it and run away. We run along the Kremlin wall straight to the metro. Someone is running after us. Someone’s catching up with us. Holds both shoulders. away. He relaxed, became himself and joined us. We laugh. Two women in Russian dresses and a bearded man in black laugh throughout the entire carriage. Then they run to the transport and laugh again. Today, these three are the happiest people in the entire metro. “People who succeeded””/>

I feel very tired and I want to show Lyusya everything. Just like when they bring their loved ones home to show them the school they went to, or the stadium where they played, so I want to show everything this city has to offer – look! Here’s McDuck, where they came at us in bright green, and then they hit my head. But the Committee Against Torture, where I went as soon as I left the colony, the best human rights activists I know work there, they are heroes! And, of course, the colony. We are going to show our colony – IK-2. Cleared snow on the paths between the barracks. Pines, birches, firs. Look! Women are built for divorce to work. We competed with each other and said: here is my 11th squad, and here are the mechanics, and here we were lined up for the morning inspection. “I don’t know how Lucy feels, but she listens intently.””/>

They won’t understand you. You didn’t break your detention to go see a sick child. You drank a bottle of white and went to the girl you fell in love with and whom the system made your partner <...> I don’t regret anything. I’m driving to the police station. The cops are silent and thinking: “Damn I’m out.” I’m silent and think: “Why the hell did you put this bracelet on me?” And in this silence we understand each other. “This is Masha,” says the duty officer. No one says anything else. And again dawn. “When you pick up a girl from the club in the morning,” Inspector Vlad jokes and takes me home. This is not an attempt to escape. “And everyone closes their eyes.””/>

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