Editing Eduard Limonov (section)

=== The expansion of the party ===
Thanks to the publication of all his books, Limonov has become a celebrity in Russia, but despite this he is not rich and, although he has sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books, he lives with Natalia in a dilapidated and lightless building. In the autumn of '94 he founded Limonka, the official organ of the party, drafted almost entirely by him and his wife, who for the occasion signed herself "Margot Führer". The newspaper has an absolutely innovative style and graphic look for a party sheet. In short, the party manages to gather a few thousand militants, young people, ready for anything and with nothing to lose. Quickly, new offices are opened in other cities, but in the political elections of '96, not wanting to ally with either of the two big parties, the party gets a poor result. Furthermore, Limonov is going through a very difficult period from a psychological point of view, as Natalia has left him, this time for good.

One evening he was attacked by three men who beat him to death, forcing him to spend eight days in the hospital. It is a warning that Limonov will never know who the instigator is, even if he suspects a general who has also run for the presidential elections: General Lebed. Since then, he will always be escorted by three brawny men who act as a deterrent to new ambushes. Replaced Natalia by a very young 22-year-old punk, crazy about him, Limonov organizes the party's first congress, facing considerable difficulties. Here he communicates to the delegates the new line he has drawn up: 

* the time is not yet ripe for the PNB to take power in Russia. 
* In the meantime. it is necessary to focus on the Russians who live in the peripheral nations, abandoned to themselves after the breakup of the 'Soviet Union. 

Limonov mainly refers to the Baltic countries and the states of Central Asia. Since the party is already well established in the Baltic republics, he embarks with some volunteers on a two-month trip to the Central Asian republics.

In Altaj Eduard and eight members of the party set up a camp, where they train for survival for 3 weeks, then leaving three followers there for the whole winter, without help and in complete solitude. During this trip, Eduard discovers the local populations, that is Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Tajiks, proud populations and custodians of ancient traditions to whom all his sympathy goes. Influenced by the Serbs, he had always despised Muslims, but now he is able to appreciate Islam, imagining himself as the liberator of the Asian populations from the dictators who came to power after the Soviets left. But Vladimir Putin comes to power in Russia who, with the excuse of the fight against terrorism, attacks Chechnya, at the same time outlawing some inconvenient parties, including the National Bolshevik Party, although they have never made themselves known for criminal acts. but rather for sensational actions for which they paid a heavy price in terms of beatings, deaths and years in prison. The next morning the political police arrived by helicopter, arresting everyone on charges of preparing a coup and of being terrorists, even if the only weapons found were two shotguns.