The Russian writer Victor Erofeev believes that censorship in the Russian Federation is overwhelming, but simultaneously elusive. He said this in an interview with Deutsche Welle, commenting on the searches in the apartment of director Kirill Serebrennikov and Gogol Center.

"The situation is rather muddy. It is difficult to find a person in Russia who would clearly describe it. I think that those who are satisfied with this outrage, they do not understand what they are a part of, "said Erofeev.

According to him, every six months in the Russian Federation is getting worse and worse.

"Then the pipe of censorship will burst, and this space will be poured, and this breakthrough is arranged specially," Yerofeyev stressed..

He called the searches at Gogol Center an episode of the Civil War.

"It was an episode of the Civil War. There is a civil war between Russia, which wants to be part of Europe and Russia, which wants to belong to itself, "said Erofeev.

"Russia is a Potemkin village. Fig leaf garden, it's not about what you do. The point is, what instrument you can appear.

You can be a tool of repression, you can be an instrument of punishment. As you want - you will not act, you will be turned in such a way, as they want. And this must be borne in mind, and this is the worst thing, because you do not belong to yourself, "the writer believes..

He added that he personally feels the tightening of the nuts.

"I feel, of course, I understand, now it's time to protect your talent from the terrible winds. It's time to reflect on these sad questions, "- said Erofeev.