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R.C.: “Culture”, as they say now?
A.I.: No. This doesn't really interest me at all. Not so
enticing. I don't have to go to the museum every day. In
fact, it's not necessary at all. I have professional defor-
mation - it seems to me that all this is not real and I myself
wrote articles that analyze these paintings. After Cyprus
and Portugal I went half to Vienna, half to Slovakia. As
an introvert, I like it in silence on the mountain, in the
distance, with a view and space. But at the same time,
weekends can be spent in civilized places.
Moreover, Slovakia generally fell into a trap for life,
which I recommend passionately and with pleasure for
I plan to have my own places with my everyone. It will be difficult, but nothing impossible at all.
There, even a residence permit will be opened for indivi-
own plates and my sofa in different dual entrepreneurs. And it’s inexpensive to rent housing,
and in general, the prices are adequate; friendly,
parts of the Earth and move around absolutely no tense people, not like in Moscow - without
a stick in the ass. That is, it is not at all what we are used
according to the calendar throughout to. Because all the Portuguese are also terribly tense. The
Austrians are certainly not like the Germans, of cour-
the year. se, but also to a certain extent. I just love the German
language. I love German. But then there was some kind
of a call (laughs). This plan to move to Paraguay arose
quite suddenly, and nothing was supposed to come with
A.I.: I have been moving for a long time. I have not lived in Russia it. And for a while, it even got mixed up with Uruguay.
for more than six years. You could say I'm a "serial migrant". And But when I arrived in Paraguay, I was convinced that this
every time I really move, not for a while. was the right decision because there was no main com-
R.C.: And then? ponent, from which, perhaps, I was running all the time -
A.I.: Then I move on. Well, because again: if you look from the this is a constant ringing tension around. And not feeling
outside of the window and look from the inside, they are completely it every day feels so cool. It does take a lot of energy.
different. A reason for changing is the importance of emotional And this applies both to Moscow, mostly everything, and
compatibility with the country. I started in Cyprus - it's a dangerous to Europe, where it is so passive-aggressive. Because
place. these are countries living in total fear and in the absence
R.C .: (laughs) Why does everyone move there then? of a future.
A.I.: Fools (laughs). And they don't listen. They don't listen to their R.C.: What do you mean? Do you believe in
elders. This is a very bad place. Well, that's it. Mud, tasteless food, the end of Europe?
very expensive, everything is kind of lethal, this sea is terrible ... and A.I.: I am absolutely sure of the end of Europe.
where so far away. R.C.: So, what? The developing Arab-Muslim
R.C.: Well, Paraguay is close. world, the Asian world, and these BRICS
A.I.: It turned out that not so far. From Moscow, of course, it's an countries - are they the future?
awfully long time. From Madrid - 11 hours. In fact, not much further A.I.: All together. Lack of flexibility, the inability to
than Asia, which we are used to flying to. Then there was Portugal. change and resist any change leads to disaster.
But there, even though I already knew that it was necessary to have R.C.: In our lifetime?
heating, I did not take into account that the houses themselves were A.I.: Very much so. in the next one to three years.
not prepared for this heating. All this was an icy winter, and in the R.C.: So, we are well settled here in Alanya?
end, I got so cold that I left there just sparkling with my heels. But in A.I.: The further, the better.
the process of all the movements, I learned that the sun is the main R.C.: And Paraguay, what does it look like?
component. If there is no sun, why we live in such a cold is not entire- A.I.: (pause) Nothing. It's a completely different
ly clear. But this is for me. Still, all people are different. Some people world there. So, it seems that after all, it is so remote and
live in Finland too. And there are still people in Norway. friendly. it turns out that it is not so remote, but still very di-
R.C.: Norway seemed to me quite sunny. fferent. It doesn't look like anything. From afar, it suggests
A.I.: It's so cold there. It's never warm. But in Portugal, I still lacked to us that they should dance and dance, as in Brazil. But
civilization. it's not. They just live and go there. But they know how

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