Evgeny Vitishko: Prison Porridge (from the prison notebooks)

5 November 2014   By Evgeny Vitishko   For the original Russian, see HRO.org and Amnesty International (Russia)   Photo: Amnesty International The old red brick water tower, like a monstrous magnet pulls towards it broken hearts, empty stomachs, greedy hands and people with uneasy consciences…  After the seizure of the Crimea I came to the conclusion that the Russian people have not completely lost their sense of humour …  The Kamaz truck driver, concentrating hard, was carrying people resembling old broken furniture from the dacha…  Along the pathways people walk, as flat as shadows. They seem cut out of wrapping paper...  Read more "Yevgeny Vitishko is a prisoner of conscience, punished for exposing environmental damage around the construction of the Sochi Winter Olympics," - Amnesty International, 'Yevgeny Vitishko sent to a penal colony', 24 March 2014 Translated by Simon Cosgrove