re: #18 Nyet

Here is a top political commentator of the state “1st channel” Anton Vernitsky in all his glory:

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These people run Russia.

We had some colleagues in our Moscow office in the early 90’s who had retained their Communist Party cards.

When I asked one of them why he would continue to associate with an organization that had obviously landed on the scrap-heap of history, he gave me a steely look and declared “My pobedm.” (We will triumph).

Now I understand what he was talking about.