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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
The 'judges' of the lowest level --
So cruel, lofty, biased, base --
The fools that always drift to evil.
Before these ever-frightened hosts,
So vain, and cold, and full of vengeance,
The voice of truth is simply lost,
And helpless -- knowledge of the ages.
You're right, the ever-witty nations,
A call for freedom is asleep!
Pushkin
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Yeah, yeah, and Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, etc. It was mostly tongue-in-cheek, but there is a lot to dislike about modern day Russia and it goes beyond just Putin.