And never mind that Louis Vuitton and Lenin's Tomb face off, EPCOT-like, across Red Square:
I've fallen a little bit in love with this city and its battle of ideas and ideology. Most in media here - be it reporter, editor or academic - are genuinely saddened by the recent erosion, either by law or by pressure, of press freedoms, and many candidly anxious about the coming years. Some, as Brooke pointed out below, believe Russia needs time, though it's not so easy, as a Westerner, to agree that an unfettered press requires any government to let it be so.Principles, some argue, are for the prosperous. The rest of us need to catch a train.
2 comments:
Your comments and photos have helped me a great deal to understand the state of life in Russia today. The recent deaths of journalists and the moves away from press freedom have really worried me of late. Your blog is truly enlightening....and suprisingly reassuring. Understanding power and freedom Russian style is, for me, a step toward a clearer understanding of the US/Russian(Soviet) history that frightened me as a young person and continues to baffle me. I wonder what the intelectuals and general public made of Mr. Putin's recent overture to Pres Bush on the missle shield. Any insights on what some of our media saw as a big surprise?
Thanks for the great work Brooke and Mike....(and Dylan!)
Linda in Maiden Rock
At my blog, I have posted a similar interesting photo that contrasts the old and new Russia -- the Communist star next to the Mercedes symbol. Both are visible from inside the Kremlin walls.
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