Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy Page #2

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he gives me two million.

If he doesn't' the whole lot

of us will f*** her

and then I'll cut her f***ing head off.

Tell him.

Why're you using foul language?

Allah forbids it.

Speaking Russian is the same

as using foul language.

To Allah' all your words

are the same. Translate.

I didn't believe they'd let us go.

It wasn't the Chechen way.

Too smart for them.

And they like

to play with you:

tell you you're going

to be released.

Let you wash in the river.

- Comrade Captain !

- You know the address?

I'll do everything'

if I get out before you.

I can't decide whether

to let you go or not.

The baksheesh for you is rubbish.

They're paying nothing.

And who'll get

on the lnternet for me?

The Captain.

I know you put the wrong address

on the letter you wrote.

You said.

Alright' tell them about the Captain.

I'm tired - be a shame

to kill him.

I paid fifty thousand for him.

If they don't let my nephew go'

who'll give me that money back?

Tell them I'll wait

another month and that's it.

Will he get the money together?

I think so.

He wants to get married.

We're counting from today.

He's got two months.

Or he won't have

anyone left to marry.

Alright. Don't come back.

I won't let you go a second time.

How should he pass

the money on?

If he wants to'

he'll find a way.

Tell him to give

his number and I'll phone.

Give him this.

He can watch it later.

No' they're not taking us to Grozny.

No' definitely not to Grozny.

Don't get worked up.

They'll stop the car. . .

take us out and shoot us.

You know Aslan.

He let us go.

I don't know why.

No one paid for us'

that's for sure!

If it had been Khattab or Basaev'

that I'd understand . . .

there's politics involved.

But who's Gugaev?

Maybe it was a trade -off

with the local security service.

Someone told me it

happens all the time.

The FSB swap a gangster'

then get the credit.

They said they'd carried out

a secret service mission

to free us.

Well' the usual nonsense.

It didn't make any difference

to me who did what.

Could I have some more water?

What?

Yes' they should have.

No' they won't.

I don't know' cheap.

They don't pay a lot for a soldier.

We're not commercial'

just slaves really.

How much for a commercial?

Depends.

There's a market in Shatoi.

The prices go up and down there.

Buy one' order another. . .

'Order'?

Well' how do you 'order' a murder?

Are you just off the moon?

But you're talking

about gangsters!

Chechens are gangsters.

- All of them?

- Yes.

That's the anger in you talking.

Well' you know best.

Listen' can I have a cigarette?

We were slaves.

We had to earn our food.

And what did you do?

Everything. In the fields'

sawing wood. All sorts.

Was it hard?

Not really. Anything's better

than sitting in the cellar.

Only the nutcases

used to beat us.

They'd get high and have

some fun kicking us.

We wanted more food.

And there was no salt.

You coming to Petersburg?

No' I'm going home.

I want to be in time

to get into the Linguistics University

on the interpreter's faculty. . .

You don't know any English'

and the exams have finished.

My M um was at school

with the rector.

And the military board will help.

M um said I have

to be quick though.

Tobolsk' via Petersburg.

Listen' if you're ever in Nizhny' here. . .

Ivan' you know' I . . .

Alright' Fedka.

Maybe we'll meet again . . .

Before going to the

Medvedev family

I told everyone in Chechnya

about the Captain

phoned headquarters

then managed to phone

the lnterior M inistry.

Told the cops about

Gugaev's nephew in prison.

Just the way Aslan wanted.

When I went to see the Medvedevs'

I knew there was nothing doing.

They're good people'

spoke with me' gave me tea.

I just worried about my

socks making a stink. . .

- Please' help yourself.

- Thank you.

And what's he doing there?

Nothing. Waiting for

a prisoner exchange.

- Why don't they exchange him?

- Mother!

The Chechen was

sentenced to execution'

then the sentence was reduced.

He's a danger to society'

so they won't to let him go'

and it' s taking forever.

But why's it taking forever?

Mother' put the tea on.

Why take forever?

Why keep a Chechen they. . .

wanted to execute anyway?

I don't understand.

I always said about those men

in their caps.

I never used to buy my oranges

from them in the market.

Tell me' is he really

in good health?

Yes. What can I say?

Do I look healthy?

Well' he's healthier than me

and he asked me

to tell you not to worry.

Asked me to tell . . .

asked me to tell . . .

My Dad's a hero. He's defending

our Homeland against gangsters.

He'll come back soon' and we'll

go to the zoo like we used to.

And then I went home to Tobolsk.

And John went to look for the money.

Ivan? ls it you?

I thought you were at the war!

Don't you remember me?

I'm Simakov' Stepan.

- So' all over then?

- What?

Well' the war!

We'll have to get them in !

I'll tell the lads.

- How's your dad doing?

- What about my dad?

Well' he's in hospital'

up on the hill.

Hi' Sliva.

Hi' lvan.

Unfold it' and then put it through . . .

Nothing had changed at home.

In a word' Siberia.

Two years had passed -

it was like I'd never left.

Sliva still a bandit'

same as he was at school.

His parents got him out

of being conscripted.

It's a shame - would've seen

the world' worked some things out.

Most of the people there

haven't been further than Tyumen.

M um had aged a lot though'

and Dad . . .

Hi' Zinka. My dad's here. . .

Ivan ! We saw you on TV!

Zin' my dad's here. . .

Have you seen Katya?

Zin' my dad's here!

Eh' yes' yes. . .

Why do I drink' son?

Because life's become boring.

I lived until I was about forty

and that was it.

M isery' all of it.

No love' son.

It's good that you were at war.

War makes a man of you.

And that's what you should be.

A man has strength. It's all held

together by that strength.

I had strength' but it's gone.

If I could be up and

on my way to war now!

Don't be angry with me

about your mother

she's a good woman

but I've just fallen out

of love with her.

You'll understand later.

Remember' son:

if you fall out of love'

walk away!

You can't live without love.

You mustn't' son !

Hello' mum.

Ivan !

Everyone says they saw you

on television' but I missed it.

It's no big deal . . .

To our brothers' Sapek' Uvar'

Taran and Tolka

who are no longer with us.

They hadn't been at war.

Our own Siberian lads killed them.

We all went to the same school.

Some my age' some older.

I didn't know Taran at all'

but Sashka Uvarov was a friend of mine.

Russian M inistry of lnternal Affairs

The position of the President

of the Russian Federation' M r. Putin

is that we mustn't pay ransoms

to terrorists for hostages.

So I apologize.

I wanted to work with computers -

nothing doing.

You say you were in Chechnya'

and they start scratching their chins.

'We're using new

technologies here" they say.

So I got knocked

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