Russian Writer Evgeny Chizhov: Writers Should Stay away from Both Authorities and Opposition

... Western: it is a centaur of sorts, with a Western head and Eastern legs. The government structure is also more Eastern than Western. In other words, Russia can be pictured as an Eastern person that is fluent in European languages, but speaks them with ... ... idiot, one that secures the illusory international recognition for the authoritarian People’s Leader. Do Russia and other post-Soviet states share Koshtyrbastan’s need for a foreigner that would pat on them on the shoulder and say that everything ...