Two FSB agents in a conversation joke about political honesty under Putin's regime by demonstrating the logical impossibility of honest speech: Dimitri asks Ivan what he really thinks about Putin, Ivan says the same as you do, and Dimitri arrests him for sedition—illustrating how even agreeing is punished.
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“and my favorite joke is about the two FSB men who at the end of a very long day are having a drink in the FSB canteen in Moscow and Dimitri says to Ivan he says Ivan tell me what you really think about this Putin regime that we live under and Ivan says the same as you do and Dimitri says in that case it's my duty to arrest you”
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How The West Can Stop Putin, with Exiled Critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Intelligence Squared— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:56:34 PM
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