There will be a day, full of light, when I will return to Russia

“Return” doesn’t mean I will live there or work. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. But I will roam the streets of Moscow, with my kids, showing them all the usual landmarks. Tverskaya street, Red Square, Moscow State University, Moskva River Embankment. We’ll visit Victory Park on Kutuzovsky Prospect.

And there will be no fear. We will see no military vans, no militia wearing their dark helmets. There will be a few friendly police officers here and there — like you see in any big city. Occasionally they’ll stop by a homeless…