“蘇聯是一個巨大的食人魔的屍體，雖然死了，但從未被埋葬。他只是躺在那裡，在俄羅
斯，腐爛並散發出腐爛的氣味。你無法躲避它。好比說，你帶著鮮花和蛋糕去你女朋友漂
亮的公寓，雖然窗戶關著，但你仍然可以聞到那種難聞的蘇維埃氣味。”這是10 年前弗
拉基米爾·索羅金接受採訪內容的引述。
譯註: 弗拉基米爾·索羅金是俄羅斯當代最傑出的後現代主義文學家之一
現在俄羅斯把這具屍體當成了裝束，看起來像一個由舊帝國、蘇聯意識形態和腐敗構成的
醜陋、臭臭、有毒的科學怪人。
當前的衝突不是土地和資源問題。這也不是語言和文化的問題。這是一場獨裁與民主、過
去與未來、恐懼與自由的衝突。
“這完全取決於一個人，他的心情定義了這一切。他坐在克里姆林宮，與現實失去了所有
聯繫”，我每天都聽到這些話，像咒語一樣重複。
問題是，很多人，甚至是俄羅斯的創意階層，對這種嚴格的垂直帝國體系也是OK的。沙皇
看起來很酷、很強壯，而且“克里米亞是我們的”。沙皇是個能言善辯的人，也會開玩笑
。 “炸毀基輔或華盛頓”的點子看起來很有吸引力——因為侵略和帝國感覺起來很性感
。有這種想法的人佔大多數！
譯註: 創意階層不是眾多工人中的一個階層，而是一個可以為國家帶來新的經濟增長的群
體。
俄羅斯昨天對LPR和DPR的“承認”不是普京一個人簽署的，而是由數千萬俄羅斯公民簽署
的。
不同意的人保持沉默。這是一項必要的現代技能——生活在一個侵略者的獨裁國家，表現
得這一切跟你或你的家人沒有關係。
但是“左轉是餐廳——右轉是監獄”（我在最近逃離該國的一位才華橫溢的俄羅斯攝影師
的帖子中看到的短語）意味著當你住在警察國家時，被逮捕只是時間問題。
那些不沉默的人被彈出來——就像青春痘一樣。他們身陷囹圄或被迫離開。
我向那些站出來抗議的俄羅斯和白俄羅斯的人致以崇高的敬意。誰試圖說出真相，並面臨
法庭，監獄，迫害並被迫逃離。你們是真正的英雄。而我希望將來會有更多。
自由是一種選擇，我們每個人都為自己做出選擇，與地理、舒適度、收入和環境無關。
所有這些關於1989年致命的歷史問題，回憶和談論都是KGB的宣傳廢話。
俄羅斯無法意識到、接受和相信在烏克蘭的我們實際上與他們是非常不同的。他們的
DNA 中印有沙皇和恐懼。我們擁有自由。
烏克蘭已經證明自己是一個國家和民族。我們已有 1500 年的歷史，但我們是一家初創公
司。我們面前有著不可思議的未來。我們在每一次俄羅斯的威脅中變得更強大，向著我們
的獨立邁出的每一步。
您不能在受孕 30 年後進行墮胎。這將被稱為謀殺。因為孩子已經長大了，會和你吵架。
能回頭的那一站已經過去了。
自由是我們在 1991 年、2004 年、2014 年在烏克蘭做出的選擇。我們每天都在做這個選
擇。一旦你嘗試自由地生活，你就無法以其他方式生活。
原文:
For my English speaking friends. Please share.
“USSR is a corpse of a giant ogre, who, though dead, was never buried. He’s
just lying there, in Russia, rotting and giving off a putrid odor. You can’t
hide from it. Say, you go to your girlfriend’s nice apartment, carrying
flowers and cake, and, though the windows are closed, you can still That ugly
soviet smell”. This is a rough quote from Vladimir Sorokin’s interview from
10 years ago.
Now Russia has put on this corpse as a costume, looking like an ugly, stinky,
toxic Frankenstein made of an old empire, Soviet ideology and corruption.
The current conflict is not a matter of land and resources. It’s also not a
matter of language and cultury. It’s a conflict of dictatorship and
democracy, of past and future, of fear and freedom.
“It’s all up to one person, his mood defines it all. He is sitting in the
Kremlin, having lost all ties with reality”, I hear these words every day,
repeated like a mantra.
The problem is that a lot of people, even among the Russian creative class,
are totally OK with this strict vertical imperial system. The Tsar seems
cool, strong, and “Crimea is ours”. The tsar is a smooth talker and he can
crack a joke. The idea of “blowing the fuck up Kyiv or Washington” looks
appealing – because aggression and empire is feels sexy. People who think
this way make up the majority!
Russia’s “recognition” of LPR and DPR yesterday wasn’t signed by Putin
alone – it was signed by tens of millions of Russian citizens.
Those who don’t agree are silent. It’s a necessary modern skill – to live
in an authoritarian aggressor state and act like you, or your family, have
nothing to do with it.
But “a restaurant to the left – and arrest to the right” (the phrase I saw
in a post by a talented Russian photographer who fled the country recently)
means that when you live in a police state, it’s only a matter of time when
it’s you who gets arrested.
Those people who are not silent get popped – like pimples. They go behind
bars or are forced to leave.
I pay enormous respect to those from Russia and Belarus who came out to
protest. Who tried to speak out and tell the truth, and faced courts,
prisons, persecution and were forced to flee. You are true heroes. And I hope
there are more of you in the future.
Being free is a choice, and we make that choice, each of us for himself, with
no connection to geography, comfort, income and circumstance.
All these historical recollections and talks about fatal flaws of 1989 are a
bunch of KGB propaganda crap.
Russia cannot realize, accept and believe that we in Ukraine are, in fact,
very different. They have tsars and fear imprinted into their DNA. We have
freedom in ours.
Ukraine has already justified itself as a state and a nation. We are 1500
years old, but we are a startup. We have an incredible future ahead of us.
And we get stronger with every threat, with every step Russia takes towards
our independence.
You can’t perform an abortion 30 years after the conception. It would be
called a murder. Because the child has grown up and will fight you. The point
of no return was passed.
Freedom is a choice we made in Ukraine in 1991, in 2004, in 2014. We make
this choice daily. Once you try living free, you can’t live any other way.