Alexey Voevodin

End of April 2005

You were walking through the courtyards towards your home in the early evening. Suddenly you heard groans and shouts coming from a corner; it was a fight between "churaks" (a derogatory term for people of color) and skinheads. You didn't interfere or try to stop the fight, but simply calmly went home, paying no particular attention to the brawl.

You were almost at your building's entrance when you turned towards the fight. Voevodin saw you turn. He started walking towards you, but you didn't move and continued to stand where you were.

Voevodin crawled up to you and examined you from head to toe. He looked unfriendly and aggressive, but he treated you gently.

-Where on earth are you from? This is a remote and dangerous area, by the way.

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