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blood in the subway. Ready for the movies.

Again it was pretty close: the thing blew away more than 200 yards from me. was, to my happiness between me and the bomb, an approximately 200 meter thick layer of earth: I stood on Monday at 08.36 clock straight on the platform of the ring line station Park Kultury (aka Gorky Park), as in the station Park Kultury the red line the explosive charge went off.

"again" I say, because I appear to my guardian angel unconscionable strapaziere the end of 2004 I was on the Thai island of Phuket just as this heavenly region was hit by the legendary century tsunami. Thousands of corpses of all the nations then splashing around me, I flew a few days later - apart from negligible material losses - safely home.

In contrast to what was then truly unique experience in Thailand - as I have, admittedly, got a mega-ship - appeared to me the most recent interlude in Moscow more like a deja vu: In my hometown I have in the past few years have enough pictures this type seen. You get used to something stupid as well. Well, in all the previous cases it has not popped so damn close, but anyway. To me it was almost embarrassing that I have the whole drama of the historic moment on the last Monday can not empathize so real.

My background has certainly played a role that many a time I have felt almost like a production well. Watch yourself:
the middle of the ten-lane Garden Ring in Moscow's city center is an elegant white helicopter lands. Holds five tracks free the police to the cinematic action. On the other five tracks you must be over driving, despite the rush hour but all are - no one wants to miss the free show like Hollywood.

Four young men dressed in blue jump out of the machine and run with a stretcher around the corner - for input and output of the metro station Park Kultury. A few minutes later, they run back to the already loaded stretcher. The motionless man on the stretcher is ruckzuck done into the machine, the men jump into an elegant blue also. The helicopter takes off. Flap.

take dozens of passers-by what is happening on the sidewalk with their cell phone cameras. A "Wow!" Is to read their faces clearly. "Bravo" calls and spontaneous applause would be determined in order.

because you can not avoid the impression that the whole thing was in fact more than a show intended. Two blocks further have: two Russian TV channels and the news agency RIA Novosti their fit your people film everything, of course, with hard-working. The helicopter flies away

with one injured and not coming back. At the Park Kultury, however, there was even, according to official figures more than two dozen injured. Was that really only a show-presentation?

An older woman staggers through the glass door from Park Kultury metro station from the parking area. Blood trickles from her hairline down to his nose and cheeks. "Uschas, Uschas," she repeated. "What a shock!". "Uschas," whispered the onlookers. And the bleeding woman take pictures with their cell phone cameras.

the way I was not alone, that day had the impression at a reality show to be there. The Moscow journalist Maxim Kononenko wrote: "They kill us - and we filmed this" Moreover, he even ventured the assertion that the bomb attacks in the Moscow metro, in contrast to the earlier very reason is not in the tunnel, but directly done on the platform are so you can shoot it better. May be true?

"The terrorists have finally understood the Russians. How do these images come in many lay-YouTube? These are all people whose eyes just before an explosion occurred is. These people get out their phones and begin to shoot at. Then she jets quickly to the next Internet connection and load down the ... I was an eyewitness! I had seen there and got it! Here is my Super-Video "

The day after: Facial piled on the platform of Park Kultury, a mountain of flowers with a surprising number of people come on each train and to set their carnations, tulips and roses are staying short and go.. .. on many cross themselves, some sobbing Several cameras record this

on the flat TV that protrudes above the flower mountain and on the other there is advertising, is in white letters on black background: "Moscow mourns." amazingly fast, that you have provided this text is not equal with English subtitles. The feeling to watch a show or even help improve it tracked up to look like a shadow.

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Hostile boots on the Red Square

re state of war in Russia. Ironically, prior to the 65 anniversary of the war. The bland same old story - despite the proclaimed "new thinking" that Gorby 20 years ago, and despite the announced by Medvedev modernization course ...

Now, Russia's Communists and other "patriots", however, that representatives of the Allied countries during the Second World War their units for military parade on 9 May on Red Square to send. Because these were just NATO countries today. NATO and Russia is an enemy. The
Idea to invite the first time military from the U.S., Britain and France to the traditional parade dates back to President Dmitri Medvedev. Conservatively but attack the opponents of the idea of not the head of state, but Defense Minister Serdyukov. Mean and cowardly.

What is particularly uncomfortable but: Judging from the intense discussion in the Russian Internet, today there are a surprising number of Russians and Russians, in the West need an enemy and want to see an enemy. Too many "eternal yesterday" that are ready to dance to the tune of the pseudo-patriotic demagogue. Real serious paranoia symptoms. apply

For the opponents of the joint parade today, all as Enemies: both the Germans (well obviously), and the countries that fought on the side of the Soviet Union.

One day, but certainly Bundeswehr soldiers on parade on Red Square invited. This would be a final victory of the war, a victory of peace. I would certainly be it.

The invitation to Moscow is a clear signal from the Kremlin, the ideological war to try to put an end. Those who do protest, but no war. They live by war.