Alexander Shirvindt said.
For the first time to Israel, I and Державиным flew from Riga through Simferopol. There are no direct flights from Moscow. The attacker was an Israeli.
Looking at the empty shelves of our then shops, he said to me:
How do you live here? Go to Israel.
In Simferopol, the plane was not released, as the customs we passed in Riga, then still Soviet. My husband and I wanted a cognac. We asked for permission to stand up on the stairs and breathe the air. The border guards recognized us. I asked for a bottle of cognac. Someone ran somewhere and brought it.
An Israeli who watched this scene said to me:
You can not leave yet.