After the annexation of Crimea, an appeal to historical memory became part of the political rhetoric. Ownership seems to be confirmed by an act of distant shared history. In interpersonal relations, manipulation by reference to "so much in common between us" is also the norm. But what is really between us? A condom, a beer can, a roadway, a continent, or a gap between the nucleus of the atom. (A series of photographs and objects collected from the scene were destroyed by Orthodox activists)
