And So, Now Things That Are Important

People Take The Lazy Way Out, And Do Not Regard Putin And The Kremlin As The Real Enemy. They Create A Long But Erroneous Chain In Their Heads. Putin Is The Leader Of Russia. Putin Does X, Therefore Russia Is Doing X, And Russia Is Our Enemy. And So, We Introduce Sanctions, For Example, Against Russia.

I Knew President Yeltsin Well. He Would Never Have Tolerated Government Officials Demonstratively Showing Off The Millions They Acquired Through Corruption, The Way It's Done Today.

My Parents Were Muscovites. They Worked At The Kaliber Factory.

My Father Was A Construction Engineer, And My Mother Was A Production Engineer.

People Expect Some Kinds Of Decisions From Putin That Will Help Them See Their Own Future. A Significant Part Of The People That He Relies On Are Quite Content With Him Telling Them That Nothing Is Going To Change. But That Part Of The Elite That Does Want To See Some Changes And Improvements Are Going To Expect Him To, In His Next Term, Bring Russia Back Into The Club Of The Great Powers.