As you are so proud of your pile - continue sitting in it by all means.
As you are so proud of your pile - continue sitting in it by all means.==
Everyone has his miscomings. And I know them but I would like to discuss them with goodwill people only.
Another russian rethoric question inroduced by Lermontov which you probably know but forgot: "But whose are the jury?"
IMO the jury of those who try to judge Russia has to be exemplerary.
The decendants of "puns of Pildulskii" or SS men from baltics are not. OR those as the author just recently climbed down from the asian mountains even more.
By the way, ever heard of the People's Republic of Bavaria: there was a nice little communist state right in the middle of all the "high" culture you so worship.