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Elena Styazhkina, for OstroV. March 2, 2014

Zinaida Gippius once said: “If you need to explain, there is no need to explain.” But this rule works for love. For those who know how to love. Those who want to hate maybe do need an explanation…

I am Russian. After January 16 I felt like an extremist. After February 20, I felt distinctly like a banderite. And for a long time now, since the Tuzla incident, like a Ukrainian.