Tovarish PINO Spanalot,
No need to tell us how you slavishly studied Marxism and then off to the Soviet Union on "tour." And since you're claiming I was just a "gleam" in my father's eye, this would entail you indoctrinating yourself into communism at a really young age. Hmmm. I just love it when you slip up and leak out your true communist past (and present).
Oh, and btw, this:
"Surkov suggests that that Russia can materialize its sovereign democracy in the economic sphere by putting under the state's control or dominance "such vital sectors of the national economy as strategic communications, pipelines, the national electricity grid, railroads and federal highways, the financial system, and broadcast television." "
Sounds just like Great Britain. ARe you suggesting they are "Communist"?
"No need to tell us how you slavishly studied Marxism and then off to the Soviet Union on "tour."
No problem - I went with my parents as soon as the blood sucking Russians allowed tourists in. We saw my aunts and uncles for the first time in 30 years.
Or perhaps you never heard of the Iron Curtain - which seems to be dropping again in Russia.