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April 1st started off badly. The shift had been cut short — the company didn’t need couriers that day — so I left work much earlier than usual. Things felt off. Major outages were sweeping through Runet, banking apps were glitching. The chaos had spilled into public transport — I couldn’t validate my tram fare, even though I had an unlimited virtual pass purchased in advance. Everything seemed in order — but it wasn’t. Misfortune, as usual, never comes alone. While I fiddled with my phone trying to troubleshoot, a pair of fare inspectors quietly approached. —  Ваш проездной, пожалуйста  (Your travel pass, please), — said a woman with a notepad and a stern face. —  У меня виртуальная «Тройка» с безлимитом, но приложение не работает — у вас сбой в системе. Вот, посмотрите. (I have a virtual Troika card with unlimited rides, but the app isn’t working — your system is down. Look here.) I showed her my chat with Mosmetro’s support. The message clearly stated that t...

The days I spent in a Russian prison changed my life forever. But those days were the result of a chain of events, none of which was accidental. Each of them pushed me closer to the edge. I was born and raised in Samarkand, graduated from a Tajik-language school with top marks. After my final exams and entrance tests, I was placed on a paid-contract basis at the Institute of Foreign Languages — something I disagreed with. At that time, those who paid bribes were admitted to government-funded places, while even top-scoring students who couldn’t pay were forced into contract-based studies. A couple of years later, that very rector was caught red-handed for bribery. But by then, it changed nothing for me. I moved to Moscow. After a short preparatory course, I entered Moscow State University. It seemed like life was finally getting better. But a couple of months before my first exams, I was attacked on the street by skinheads — Russian nationalists — on my way home. For no reason at ...