The New European Soviet.

Putin Wants To Stay In Power, But Not So That He Can Finally Solve Our Most Pressing Problems: Education, Health Care, Poverty.

I Remember Secretary Of State [george] Shultz One Day Saying That America Is An Economic Model For The World. I Replied To Him That America Represents 5 Percent Of The World's Population And Consumes 30 Percent Of The World's Energy. What If Everyone In The World Lives Like Americans? Where Do We Get The Energy For This Standard Of Living?

Some Think That Russia Should Become A Kind Of A U.s. Province, Where It Should Supply Natural Resources To The United States And The Rest Of The World. But These People Ignore One Very Important Thing: The Russian People Will Never Agree To This Scenario. Russia Is Ultimately A Self-sufficient Country.

In Our Discussions Here At The Forum There Was No Trace Of The Futile Debate About What Is Better, Capitalism Or Socialism...we Should Seek A Synthesis Of Ideas And Values That Have Proven Their Viability.

Communist Ideology In Its Pure Form Is Akin To Christianity. Its Main Ideas Are The Brotherhood Of All Peoples Irrespective Of Their Nationality, Justice And Equality, Peace, And An End To All Hostility Between Peoples.