Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.
Nadezhda TolokonnikovaWe are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.
Nadezhda TolokonnikovaI also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova