1) That old man is Aksionov.
2) The speaker is asking about the truth of digging an escape hole .
3) The speaker means the prison's wall.
A negative of a vector represents the direction opposite to the reference direction. It means that the magnitude of two vectors are same but they are opposite in direction.
For example, if A and B are two vectors that have equal magnitude but opposite in direction, then vector A is negative of vector B.
Yes, a vector which has zero magnitude is also a vector in case of two vectors travelling in opposite directions with equal magnitudes. At this case, the resultant vector has zero magnitude but it is still a vector. We call it a null vector.

Quality of life refers to the overall well-being, satisfaction, and happiness that an individual or a community experiences in various aspects of their lives.