Russian bureaucrats force Darkness at Noon to live without his passport; at some point, it looks like the passport has been lost; but then the blogger hears this: “In Russia we don't lose things. We just take a long time looking for them!” – and, bingo, “this little saying puts the familiar (and tired) question of ‘who lost Russia?’ in a new light: maybe Russia isn't lost after all – maybe we're just still looking for it…“