I'm living life after 2022 and don't much regret staying in Russia. Partly it's that Meduza remains, where I can observe reality and not fall too deeply into escapism. I hear various criticisms of this and other media, but I completely do not share the excessive demands on the team, which is now in survival mode, delivering a high professional level of journalism. No less than that. Without Meduza, we here can remain in much deeper isolation than before. Not to mention the therapeutic effect even of the darkest podcast episodes.