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characteristics that the West forgets at its risk. Russians prefer to be poor and equal than have great inequalities, they have a deep distrust of foreigners and of course have no democratic traditions.”
The later point reminded Peter of the Russian writer now living in America who described the “socalled democrats” as practicing democracy with Bolshevik techniques. Evgeni reminded me of the Russian poet who said “The mind cannot understand Russia.”
Thursday, Dec. 16, St. Petersburg
A barman at the St. Petersburg Hotel:
“I did not vote. I’ve had it with politicians. They only think of them
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