Letters

Vasily actively writes letters from jail, talking about his case, mood, global news, and everyday routine. You can write to support him—he's always happy to chat with anyone! Find out more on the How to Help page.

Feb 23, 2024

“By February 23rd Although February 23 is no longer “the day of the Soviet army,” it is still worth recalling that this memorable date appeared as a result of a deliberate distortion of facts: in official propaganda, February 23, 1918 was the day when the young Red Army won some kind of victory (seemingly over the Germans somewhere in the Pskov region)...

Feb 19, 2024

“On February 16, the walk in the pre-trial detention center was not in the morning, as usual, but in the afternoon...

Feb 10, 2024

“This text will obviously be published later, but I am writing it on January 25, 2024, when it was one year since the liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) and the Sakharov Center...

Feb 6, 2024

“Сентябрь 2017 г. Часть 2. Продолжаю рассказ о том, как я наблюдал на местных выборах в Псковской области в 2017 году...

Jan 27, 2024

“80 years since the lifting of the blockade” January 27, 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad...

Jan 24, 2024

"Сентябрь 2017 г. - выборы в собрание депутатов Дедовичского района Псковской области...

Jan 17, 2024

“Three years of Alexei Navalny. Today is exactly three years since Alexei Navalny returned to Russia...

Jan 11, 2024

“New Year in a pre-trial detention center. Dear friends! Almost the entire December in my pre-trial detention center there was some kind of chaos (sorry, but this is the most accurate word) with the FSIN-letter service, and during the holidays letters were not sent...

Dec 11, 2023

“12 декабря. Не только Конституция. Там при словах «я за» течет со щек известка...

Dec 7, 2023

“I recently learned about the performance of singer Yaroslav Dronov (the so-called Shaman) with a red button during the performance of his ideologically correct hit “I am Russian” at a concert in honor of November 4...

Nov 23, 2023

“On the morning of November 20th, I learned about the victory of the libertarian candidate Javier Miley in the presidential elections in Argentina, with a margin of 12% over the Peronist candidate, a traditional Argentine political force (these are the successors of the idea of Juan Peron, who is known to us mainly thanks to the musical “Evita”, dedicated to his wife)...

Nov 20, 2023