--- "ChrisD(RJ)" <chrisd at russiajournal.com> wrote:
>
> Does Medvedev have any standing with the Soviet
> public? I always liked him. Of the dissidents, he
> was
> one of the few that didn't cave in to the right. He
> books, especially Let History Judge, are very fine.
> jks
> ---
> Judging by the interviews and op-eds he publishes
> occasionally in Russian
> newspapers, I'd say he's respected. Much more so
> than Solzhenitsyn.
I knew that Solzhenitsyn had squandered his capital, and anyway had long ago wandered offinto Slavophil lunacy. It's encouraging about Medvedev. Is he still a socialist? At the end od the perestroika period he was actually appointed to a CC post in the CPSU, if I recall correctly. What are his politics today? Does he have any organized affiliation?
jks
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