Nikolai Yurievich Verzhbitsky, known as Nicolai Lilin, is an Italian‑Moldovan writer and tattoo artist from Transnistria. He moved to Italy in the early 2000s and published his first novel, Siberian Education, in 2009; it was later adapted into a 2013 film.
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Italian journalism and reporting [...] are all whores of the regime. I'm sorry but that's how it is. [...] when we talk about Italian newspapers, we are talking about scrap paper.
Il giornalismo e la stampa italiana [...] sono tutti delle puttane del regime, mi spiace ma è così. [...] quando parliamo dei giornali
Have you ever seen Russia waging colonial wars or wars to expand its territory? [...] The Russians do not want to invade anyone.
[...] si è mai visto la Russia fare guerre coloniali o per allargare il proprio territorio? [...] I russi non vogliono invadere nessuno.
The war will not be short, it will be long, but Russia will be victorious for a simple reason: we are in the midst of a change in the world order.
[...] la guerra non sarà breve, sarà lunga, ma la vittoria sarà della Russia per un semplice motivo: siamo nel pieno del cambiamento
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Nikolai Yurievich Verzhbitsky, known as Nicolai Lilin, is an Italian‑Moldovan writer and tattoo artist from Transnistria. He moved to Italy in the early 2000s and published his first novel, Siberian Education, in 2009; it was later adapted into a 2013 film. The novel, which Lilin claimed was based on his own experiences as a member of a Siberian criminal gang in his native Bender, became a bestseller in Italy, though a number of journalists and historians have labelled it a fake memoir. Similar criticisms were directed at its sequel, Free Fall, which recounts the author's alleged experiences during the Second Chechen War.
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