And haven't you read Lukyanenko's story where, as a joke, during a vote on whether to "give the Kuril Islands to Japan," they added an option - "give all of Russia to Japan," and almost everyone voted for it?

Когда я умер, небыло никого, кто бы это опроверг
клан "Vampires"
P.S. ...но против креста Я не пойду никогда...