In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this.
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Nationality: Polish Type: Journalist Born: March 4, 1932 |
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

