I have a Russian friend who immigrated in the late 1980's. He started as a janitor and is now working as a PhD in Cancer research at a prestigious school.
I asked why he left Russia, as an adult with a PhD. He said:
"I wanted to live in a country where I did not have to lie every day just to exist."
“I wanted to live in a country where I did not have to lie every day just to exist.”
Dalrymple had Russian society nailed. It’s all lies. All of it.
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