"Tears of bitterness and joy" : the haunting subject in Soviet biopolitics -- "Wait, and the train will have left" : the success complex and psychological difference -- "Now, finally, we are starting to relax" : on civilizing missions and democratic desire -- "What do we have the right to do?" Tactical accompaniment at a social margin -- "I can feel his tears" : psychosociality under Putin -- "Hello, Lena, you are on the air" : talk-show selves and the dream of public intimacy