I first visited the Soviet Union, as it then was, back in 1973. In those days it was still possible for some people to believe that Communism might be the way of the future. When I returned in 1984, things had changed: it was obvious that the USSR was a pretty crap country, falling way behind the West and led by a bunch of toothless geriatrics who somehow believed themselves to be Marxist revolutionaries. Today, things have changed again. Russia is still a crap country, but nowadays run by thieves, gangsters and ex-KGB thugs.
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