Once The Fight Is On-strike Quickly And

It Would Have Been Difficult To Design A Path Out Of Communism Worse Than The One That Has Been Followed.

An Opposition Is Necessary And Desirable For The Healthy Development Of Any Country. You Can Scarcely Find Anyone In Opposition, Except For The Communists, Just Like In Yeltsin's Times. It Is Regrettable That There Is Still No Constructive, Clear And Large-scale Opposition In Russia. The Growth And Development Of An Opposition, As Well As The Maturing Of Other Democratic Institutions, Will Take More Time And Experience.

Vladimir Putin Inherited A Ransacked And Bewildered Country, With A Poor And Demoralized People. And He Started To Do What Was Possible - A Slow And Gradual Restoration. These Efforts Were Not Noticed, Nor Appreciated, Immediately. In Any Case, One Is Hard Pressed To Find Examples In History When Steps By One Country To Restore Its Strength Were Met Favorably By Other Governments.

When I Was Young, The Early Death Of My Father Cast A Shadow Over Me - And I Was Afraid To Die Before All My Literary Plans Came True. But Between 30 And 40 Years Of Age My Attitude To Death Became Quite Calm And Balanced. I Feel It Is A Natural, But No Means The Final, Milestone Of One's Existence.

Nothing Worthy Can Be Built On A Neglect Of Higher Meanings And On A Relativistic View Of Concepts And Culture As A Whole. Indeed, Something Greater Than A Phenomenon Confined To Art Can Be Discerned Shimmering Here Beneath The Surface - Shimmering Not With Light But With An Ominous Crimson Glow.