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A reputed Russian mafioso has been arrested in connection with the notorious figure-skating fix at the last Winter Olympics. The suspect is outraged that he's being linked to the crime. According to his lawyer, he insists that he's not even a fan of figure skating.
Perostroika The victory over communism was a moral victory
In 1991, Russia experienced a new dawn of freedom. The Communist Party was dissolved, and Russia appeared ready to build a democratic future. The literary critic Yuri Karyakin spoke for many when he said that, for the first time in this century, God has smiled on Russia.
Few at that time could have foreseen the outlines of what exists today. Many former communist countries, in the intervening years, experienced a rebirth of freedom, but Russia came to be dominated by poverty, intimidation, and crime.
· Russia once again fell victim to a false idea [Stanford ]
· So everyone, so to speak, sings his own favourite song [Topica ]
