“Saturday was just like Saturday, and in Chernorechensk—a regional town in Central Russia—life went on as usual. On this fine summer day, after sleeping in over the working week, people slowly set about their affairs: someone was going to deal with the accumulated problems, someone else, on the contrary, planned to rest, while summer-dwellers hurried to commuter trains and buses, and the youth headed to the beach. In short, life was buzzing…”