freedom

Monday 21st January

First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics

Sian Glaessner, 21 January 2008

While British liberals fret about the dismal state of democracy in Russia, and letterwriters take up their pens to protest the fate of many a new “dissident”, most Russians are more interested in their newfound freedom to renovate and redesign their flats or take foreign holidays than any liberty the ballot box can deliver.

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