From Pediatrician to “Terrorist” — Just One Step
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This morning I looked in the mirror more carefully than usual — searching for a resemblance to Osama bin Laden.
Found none. But it seems the Russian authorities did: on October 15, 2025, my name appeared on the list of “terrorists and extremists.”
I found out about it by chance — a friend sent me a link.
I click through: “National Section” → “Individuals” — and there it is, a list of 54 new “terrorists and extremists.”
Number 15 — that’s me.
To the questions “for what?” and “why?” Rosfinmonitoring, of course, remains silent.
It also doesn’t say where one might go to get an explanation.
Maybe more experienced “terrorists” could tell me how to request clarification?
Some of the names on that list are familiar to me.
These people, by the way, look far more intelligent than the leaders of the Afghan Taliban movement — the very people the Russian government has been publicly embracing in recent years.
In total, 18,771 individuals are currently listed as “terrorists and extremists.”
Rosfinmonitoring’s conveyor belt of repression is running smoothly — new lists have already been published.
You have to open the full list, then select “Individuals,” and there — under number 4801 — you’ll find me.
(For now, the link is https://www.fedsfm.ru/documents/terrorists-catalog-portal-act ).
And yet, what a beginning I had!
In 1984, I earned my degree as a pediatrician.
In 1993, I defended my PhD dissertation.
In 1999, I became Deputy Chief Physician of a city children’s hospital.
And in 2025 — I became a “terrorist” or “extremist.”
It seems that in today’s Russia, the distance from pediatrician to “terrorist” is just one step — even if it takes forty years, so long as you keep your conscience.
