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As per usual, Mr. Alter has done a great job of describing what could well become a very dangerous situation!

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Mar 17, 2022·edited Mar 18, 2022

Gorbachev's dream of a vibrant, engaged Russia, though much faded now, will not pass into oblivion. The old and new versions of the iron curtain could not be more different from each other. Technology is the active ingredient that dissolves cultural and geopolitical barriers - the World Wide Web will relentlessly penetrate the Russian Federation and Putin will join Lenin and Stalin as the culpable parties for Russia's ugly past.

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