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The ghost in the machine 2

August 14, 2008 - 2:17 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-14 21:38:55

It is sadly true that the only men of ability and courage were in the KGB. Stalin killed the rest, and Brezhnev and the other oligarchs who followed did not permit men of ability to rise.

Unlike the West or China, Russia has no separate sphere of activities from the State. To it’s detriment.