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"I was told that I should take up my mind and read Homer." Interview with Olga Misik | by Msuthefirst

Olga Misik (aka “Olya-Constitution”) is a first-year student at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. In the summer, Olga arranged a performance with the reading of the Constitution of Russia to the OMON, and later, already in the academic year, she tried to ask rector Sadovnichy a question about Azat Miftakhov, a graduate student of the Mekhmat, who was in the pre-trial detention center, and then argued with TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev after his lecture at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. We talked with Olga about studying journalism, political asylum in Denmark and her political views.

Hello! Main question: do you like to study? Are you ready for the session?

- Well, I'm trying! I like studying here, it's great, but, of course, all these situations (for example, Dmitry Kiselev's visit to the journalism faculty or the persecution of journalism students Marina and Fariza for collecting guarantees in support of Azat Miftakhov) is too difficult and spoils the opinion about the faculty ...

- Well , I'm talking more about studying. ..

— Difficult, but interesting.

— Was it difficult to enter?

— Everything there depended on the results of the Unified State Examination. Of course, I have been preparing for it for two years, so in general everything was great. But I practically didn’t prepare for the DWI, but as a result I wrote it for 92 points. That was great!

— One of the main questions I see about you on social networks is how you manage to combine studies and active protest activities. What do you say?

— I can say that it is difficult for me to study, but I think that if there were no protest activities, then I would just spend the same time on something else.

— Tell us what was the message of the action at which you read the Constitution to the OMON.

- I just said that we gathered peacefully and for peaceful purposes and without weapons, in accordance with the Constitution, but the security forces did not. That's all.

— A few days after her, you left for Denmark. What was this trip, if not a secret?

- It's not a secret. I was invited to give a speech at the Festival of Democracy in Copenhagen.

— And how, luckily? Speaking in English?

- Yes, quite well. In English.

— At the Open Day , tried to ask the rector a question about Azat Miftakhov, a post-graduate student of the Mechanics and Mathematics Department of Moscow State University, who is in jail. What was the point of doing it this way?

- For almost a year he ignores this problem, and it looks rather strange, because everyone knows about his connections with Putin and United Russia. And the fact that he is so ignorant of this obviously fabricated case and says that the court and law enforcement officers will sort it out - damn it, this is stupid. Moreover, I don’t understand how it is possible in principle to think that Miftakhov can be guilty, everything is obvious there. And the funny thing is that at first, at the lecture, the rector said that he did not understand what he was talking about, and then in the end he said that he “has been following this case for a long time.”

— After that, you had a conversation with Elena Vartanova, Dean of the Faculty of Journalism. What was the conversation about? Were you scolded or was it more of a friendly conversation?

- I think friendly conversation, everyone was pretty friendly. There was a dean, two deputies for academic work and educational work (I don’t remember the exact names) and a senior student. They talked about this case, about the fact that all this was rather unethical for a journalist, and about my studies. I was told that I should take up my mind and read Homer. They also talked about the colloquium. I accidentally missed it, really by accident! They also said that the faculty is outside of ideology and the faculty will not press me for my beliefs. I then relaxed a little, but now I tensed up after the story with Fariza and Marina.

— For you, actions are primarily political activity or rather actionism? Is there someone you like among Russian actionists?

— Both. All this should have meaning and political overtones, but at the same time be beautiful in order to look cool. But at the same time, the action should make you think. Of the actionists, I like Pussy Riot, the Art Group “Voina”, Pavlensky. They are cool! Lenya, he was the main one in the “War”, simply amazing. I dream of taking an example from them and doing the same cool promotions. But the problem is that those days have already passed, and. now everything is becoming, and the screws are being tightened, and, of course, in the future it will be more and more difficult to do something interesting.

- There are many people who, when discussing you, do not understand why you are doing all this. Can you explain to them the meaning of your activity?

- I think it's obvious, I just think it's all important. It is important that I can do what I like and still be useful.

— I saw posts a couple of times that you just want to get political asylum somewhere. What do you say to that?

— Of course, this is nonsense. And I was already offered political asylum - when I was in Denmark. I did not agree, because I wanted to return to Russia and be involved in what is happening here. When I was in Denmark talking about political prisoners in Russia, for them it all looked just awful.

- Let's talk about politics. What exactly does not suit you in modern Russia? It should be?

- Well, everything in general. The fact that for twenty years, all my life, the same power is strange and stupid and disgusting. It's just a totalitarian monarchy, it's not normal, it shouldn't be like this in a healthy country. All this paranoia of power also infuriates me. That everything is getting stricter and stricter. It's all very pressing.

- Well, you study for free at one of the main universities in Russia, you live in a hostel almost for free and you also get a scholarship. What's bad?

— And I'm not saying that I don't like the university. But it is our university, it seems to me, that is one of those where there are the most state-funded places, so it is difficult to enter here. There are tiny scholarships for the same reason. In our country, everything is good in comparison with some Congo, but bad in comparison with developed countries. There, tax money goes to citizens, while in our country it goes into the pocket of the authorities and for the development of the military-industrial complex.

— What ideology do you follow?

None. Generally. I'm leaning towards something a little more left-liberal, but in general, all my opinions about other currents are rather vague, because I think that this is not the most important thing.

— And what is the main thing?

- Just do something and change, and not be involved in any movement.

— Do you see yourself in politics or journalism in the future?

- Lately I've been thinking that it's not there and not there. This is all in general, probably not for me. Well, I realized that a journalist should be absolutely calm and unbiased. And I have a very strong sense of justice. Therefore, I cannot be impartial. Therefore, I see myself more in political activism than in politics or journalism.

— Were there situations when you were pressured at the university?

- Yes, in general, no, except for the case with Kiselev. The dean keeps a pretty close eye on me. Oh, I remembered another interesting case, we have the newspaper "Journalist". And there was an article about protests and about the courts. I decided that it was all insanely cool and wrote a post about it in my Telegram channel. On the same day, the number was removed ( was removed from the stand - ed. )

- You wrote in the channel that you were often threatened. What does it look like?

- Well, just some strange people write to me, and almost every day. They say something like: “I planted Vladislav Sinitsa, and I’ll dig something for you ...”.

— Do you think these are some representatives of law enforcement agencies?

- Rather, just some city crazy.

— Do people write to you who, on the contrary, support you?

— Yes, there are a lot of words of support, people write about 3-4 times a day. At first, in the first days after the action with the Constitution, there was more anger, then it balanced, and now there is more support.

— What are your impressions of lectures with Kiselev?

- I always considered Kiselyov a clown like Zhirinovsky, and after the lecture I realized that he is a very smart and quite professional propagandist. At the beginning of the lecture, he first said generally correct things, fair ones, and then slowly, slowly began to weave propaganda into his words. And it became more and more. Also, he is very calm. When I argued with him, I was just furious, because he lied so much and told a lot of stupid lies, but he was absolutely calm. I think he's a pretty smart propagandist overall.

— Can you think of an example of a lie he told in a lecture?

- He said that there were riots, although even the court admitted that there were none. And the Russian court… Well, we know what it is. After the lecture, we argued with him, he said that all policemen are inviolable, that they correctly imprison citizens who went to rallies. This pissed me off a lot.

- Why did it happen that he came to journalism, in your opinion?

— I think the dean invited him. Perhaps this is partly due to everything that has happened recently at the Faculty of Journalism, including because of me. But the official version, according to her, is what we discussed in the last couple ...

- Propaganda?

- Cooler! Journalist Code of Ethics! She said that here is a great example for you - Dmitry Kiselev.

- Last question: tell us about your foundation.

— Once I was traveling with friends after the trial, two cases were dropped that day. Everyone was cheerful and happy, and we decided that it would be great that the money that was planned to be spent on paying fines, send to other people and help them with their fines. And a couple of days later I told other friends about the project, and everyone suggested that I make programs for those in pre-trial detention centers and prisons. I decided that this was a great idea, and after about a month everything worked out, I managed to organize it all. Soon I will make the first transfers.

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"How I imagine Homer..." 1997

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Journal of the Classical Gymnasium at the Greco-Latin Study Yu.A. Shichalin. Issue 3. 1997

From the writings of class II students

Homer was born into a wealthy family. At the age of eight he was sent to school. There he learned to read and write, after graduating from school he went to fight. Homer achieved a great rank, was a great commander, but one day in the war he was blinded, and he retired. Subsequently, he devoted his life to describing the war, wrote the Iliad, about the death of Troy ... The first handbook for children who lived after Homer and learned to read was the Iliad. Children learned history and mythology from it. It is said that Alexander the Great always carried a scroll of the Iliad with him.

I imagine myself as Homer, a blind and gray-haired old man, a former warrior, who describes the long-gone events of the Trojan War and the journey of Odysseus. It is possible that he heard all these stories as a child from his mother or grandmother. He was a wandering singer, like Boyan... I think that Alexander the Great carried the Iliad as a possible clue in military operations, as a guide to warfare, sieges, battles.

I imagine Homer as a blind old man. His hair was white as snow. Homer was a wandering singer, he went to markets, cities, villages and sang his works. He was of average height and thin. Previously, he must have been a warrior, which is why he describes battles so well. I think that he could go blind after he stopped fighting.

It seems to me that Homer was a soldier in his youth and went blind in the war.

Homer traveled around Greece and sang his poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey. All the people listened attentively to him and sat spellbound. He was already over 70 years old ... Greek children were given this book in the first place, because it was a book that was both interesting and instructive. It had everything: wars, geography, history, and mythology. And the child read. And all the children believed that there were Achilles, Agamemnon, Paris, Patroclus, Hector, Helen. Even growing up, they, being adults, honorable people, loved to read and reread the Iliad and the Odyssey. And what is important, the children also learned to honor the gods and memorize the rituals.

I think that Homer was the same as Pushkin. That he was curly, ugly, smart and lonely. It seems to me that he himself was a warrior and not blind, since then he would not have been able to describe the war in such detail. He himself saw how cities were taken, battles were lost or won, people died. And he described the man very well, as if telling on his behalf how he goes to war, how he fights and how he dies. Perhaps that is why this book has become the main textbook in Greek schools. The book has everything: a description of the mainland, and the entire area around Troy (which is why Schliemann used it as a reference book), and stories about gods and heroes, who descended from whom, who is whose son, and the historical war itself.

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