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A l m o s t a l l my l i fe I a m l i s te n i n g to h i s vo i c e,
sometimes confident and quiet, sometimes almost
s te e l a n d i s n eve r l a te to o u r h o m e s . A n d o n c e
a ye a r, l o a d s of p e o p l e l i s te n to a fa m i l i a r vo i c e.
I s i t a k i n d of p e r fo r m a n c e? Pe r h a p s i t i s . A n d i t
becomes more and more meaningless, but more
h o r r i b l e a t th e s a m e t i m e. B y m a k i n g h u g e c o u n t r y
to fa c e h i m , h e h a s p l u n g e d i t i n to th e s i l e n c e of
h i s vo i c e, b u t i t wa s r a th e r b o r i n g c a r n i va l fo r h i m
– a n d n ow we h e a r th i s vo i c e th r o u g h th e c o l d w i n d
a n d s i l e n c e ove r th e c o u n t r y.
Fo r e i g h te e n ye a r s h e h a s b e e n s p e l l i n g a b i g
c o u n t r y w i th d i f fe r e n t wo r d s – b u t r a r e l y h i s g aze
f i n d s s o m e th i n g i n t i m a te – wo r thy of a t l e a s t a
s h a d ow of a s m i l e to a p p e a r o n h i s s m o oth fa c e.
M r. P r e s i d e n t . V.V. P.
I t i s a we l l - k n ow n fa c t th a t h e i s l ove d by m a ny,
a n d o n e c a n t r y to p r ove th i s th e o r e m of l ove i n s i d e
th e c o u n t r y, u s i n g a p e r s o n a l m o b i l e p h o n e a n d
R u s s i a n e q u i va l e n t of e B ay…
I n r e c e n t ye a r s , a n ew c u l t s t r e n g th e n e d. F i n d i n g
ev i d e n c e of l i fe s u c c e s s a n d p owe r. A n d i n s i d e th e
c o u n t r y – o n c e a g a i n th i n g s a r e m u l t i p l i e d by h i s
n a m e a n d wo r d s . H i s r e f l e c t i o n c r e a te s n ew th i n g s
a g a i n a n d a g a i n . I t p r ov i d e s n u m e r o u s s e n s e s –
fo r m i n g a n ew c u l t i n a b i g n o r th c o u n t r y.
Alexander Chernavskiy