With a Foreword by Jon Snow

A Russian Diary

Anna Politkovskaya

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"When was the happiest time in your life?" "There has been no such time."
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First, we lack an independent judiciary. An opposition has to be able to appeal to an independent legal system. Second, we lack independent national mass media. I mean television, of course, and primarily Channel One and Channel Two. Third, there are no independent sources of finance for anything substantial. In the absence of these three fundamentals it is impossible to create a viable political opposition in Russia. There is no democracy now in Russia, because democracy without an opposition is impossible.
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There is a limit to how long you can trample people underfoot. When they really want change, there is nothing you can do to stop it. Is this what they are afraid of?
They have done their duty as citizens by turning out to vote, and are mostly thoughtful people with an aversion to all those now in power.
It is dangerous to be a real journalist in Russia today. A conscientious Russian journalist, unlike reporters in North America or Western Europe, doesn't have to travel into war zones to risk his or her life. Danger comes to his or her doorstep, car, or apartment block.
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100 öğeden 11 ile 20 arasındakiler gösteriliyor.