Аннотация: The Story of how Alex tried to make a choose between the regime and opposition
The Story of how Alex tried to make a choose between the regime and opposition
Yesterday morning in the cafe where Alex worked, several times people came with serious eyes. They looked around the cafe and staff.
Finally, the Manager of the cafe gathered all the male employees and, looking at some papers in front of him, said that all the employees of the cafe should enroll in the people's militia ["people-in-arms"] and in the brigades of peace defenders.
"Write down the address!"- added the administrator.
It turned out that the district offices of both the people's militia and the brigades of peace defenders were nearby.
You come in, you say you want to join the ranks, and they put you on the list. They give out sheets of paper with the seals where your name fits and which confirm that you - respectively, the participant of the people's militia, the member of the brigades of peace defenders.
Still gave two small posters with photos of the Leader of the regime. They explained that photos need to be attached on an entrance door of the apartment and somewhere in the apartment.
When he came home in the evening, Alex attached all four posters: to the front door and on the walls of the apartment.
It was yesterday.
This morning home to Alex came at first from from the people's militia, and a bit later - from the brigades. They behaved equally. They read the sheets of paper where it was specified that Alex the participant of the people's militia and the member the brigades, approvingly looked at posters with a photo of the Leader of the regime, reported the address of local management (it is located in the neighboring house), and warned that they will come again tomorrow morning.
Alex, without postponing, ran to the managements located nearby.
At the people's militia district office, he charged his smartphone, washed and brushed his teeth.
In the district management of brigades he took a shower.
In each of the offices he received a free food set and a bottle of drinking water.
It turned out even to fill an empty container with technical water - for household needs.
Having come to work to cafe today, Alex learned from the administrator that mass demonstration against opposition, in protection of the regime, is for tomorrow planned.
"All to be in the cafe at 12.00. The responsible person from the organizers of demonstration will come, and all together then we will go on demonstration", - the administrator explained. "I see," Alex said.
The cafe staff whispered that the regime was preparing to accuse the opposition of terrorism. Alex remembered that in some country the ruling regime had done some bad things to the tsar, his wife, children, and even to the personnel serving the tsar. And the supporters of the regime, unwittingly, became unwitting accomplices...
There was no wish to be an accomplice...
During the delivery of pizza to customers Alex was a few blocks from the headquarters of the opposition.
There were rumors that it is possible to get some documents in this headquarters, and then with these documents to try to slip out abroad.
"Will there be free food packages abroad? Alex hesitated.
The whole idea of recording in the ranks of the people's militia and the brigades of peace defenders Alex did not like. It is not known how many times these food packages will be issued. People say the regime is running out of money. But the visit to the headquarters of the opposition looked like an adventure, a step into the unknown...
Alex put aside the choice between the regime and the opposition. He was close to place, to where he was ought to deliver the pizza...
"I'll deliver the pizza, and then I'll go back to the cafe, drink a Cup of coffee, eat something... " - Alex began to imagine.
March 24, 2019 09:18
Translation from Russian into English: March 24, 2019 10:10.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Рассказ о том, как Алекс пытался выбрать между режимом и оппозицией".