cakes in smolny, it means 1941, a feat of a soldier, there ’s something there, it means the ribbentrop hammer pactt even exist, in principle, often invent it, spin it. the amazing belarusian journalist grigory azaryonok issued such a large text for stalin’s birthday, in general, somewhere he sacralizes the figure of the leader, but about many things makes me think. now it’s christmas, the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, among catholics, and among catholics in the west, and some, some orthodox christians celebrate christmas. i call the new julian calendar, but we won’t let it be christmas, let’s wait for christmas , all the problems will be solved, you will be in warm houses there, you will have gifts from the fuhrer, and so on, and every christmas. while my colleagues were talking, i was thinking that this is how i start conversations with people in europe, with people whom i had previously i didn’t know, so i’m meeting someone in germany, in some other country, they always start asking where are you from, when i follow the western tradition, i say, i’m a german citizen, no, it’s clear where you’re f