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If [western] Relations With Russia Are To Be Friendly, They Must Be Open And Sincere, Otherwise There Can Be No Friendship At All. That Means One Should Be Able To Speak Openly About Everything At Meetings And Conferences. It Shouldn't Be That We Can't Discuss The Killing Of Journalists In Russia, Or The Suppression Of Human Rights, Or All The Warning Signs Surfacing In Russia Because Of Oil And Gas Or Other Economic Reasons. It's A Big Problem, But It's The Same In Western Relations With Arab States.

The Exercise Of Power Is Determined By Thousands Of Interactions Between The World Of The Powerful And That Of The Powerless, All The More So Because These Worlds Are Never Divided By A Sharp Line: Everyone Has A Small Part Of Himself In Both.

Ownership Is Not A Vice, Not Something To Be Ashamed Of, But Rather A Commitment, And An Instrument By Which The General Good Can Be Served.

The Only Thing I Can Recommend At This Stage Is A Sense Of Humor, An Ability To See Things In Their Ridiculous And Absurd Dimensions, To Laugh At Others And At Ourselves, A Sense Of Irony Regarding Everything That Calls Out For Parody In This World. In Other Words, I Can Only Recommend Perspective And Distance.

It Is Not Enough To Stare Up The Steps, We Must Step Up The Stairs.