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Russia: Lenin, More Lenin, and the Old-Guard Democrats

Monday, March 5th, 2007 @ 18:55 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Russia
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture, Business, Governance, History, Human Rights, Humor, Travel, Politics

Darkness at Noon follows a Lenin look-alike from Lubyanka to Red Square; buys two old Soviet posters of Lenin and listens to what an elderly Russian selling them has to say about an imminent world war; and observes a bunch of “the original Russian democrats” during a speech given by Mikhail Khodorkovsky's lawyer.

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TinyTornado

YAY ROB!!!!!!!! :-)

# 2007-03-5 at 19:17 pm

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