Amin Knew That Neither West Nor East

In The Russian Experience, Although The Russian State Is Oppressive, It Is Their State, It Is Part Of Their Fabric, And So The Relation Between Russian Citizens And Their State Is Complicated.

Money Changes All The Iron Rules Into Rubber Bands.

I Remember That During The Period Leading Up To Independence In Angola In 1975, I Was The Only Correspondent There At All For Three Months.

A Journey, After All, Neither Begins In The Instant We Set Out, Nor Ends When We Have Reached Our Door Step Once Again. It Starts Much Earlier And Is Really Never Over, Because The Film Of Memory Continues Running On Inside Of Us Long After We Have Come To A Physical Standstill. Indeed, There Exists Something Like A Contagion Of Travel, And The Disease Is Essentially Incurable.

There Are Several Reasons Why Russians View The Oppressive State Positively. First, In The Russian Orthodox Religion, There Is An Understanding Of Authority As Something Sent By God.