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Not the PP you are addressing. I agree with you completely. To add to your point, I think that English-speaking and American authors that have been to Russia and wrote about it (like Hedrick Smith whom I read and agree with) can describe it from a perspective important to the English-speaking readers. [b]Hedrick Smith wrote about lack of freedom, how the Soviet people were afraid to interact with him because they did not want to get in trouble with the government.[/b] Hedrick Smith also criticized the Soviet Education system, the lack of respect for human dignity. Many Russian people still have the Soviet mentality and will think nothing of those details. Hedrick Smith also mentioned how many Russians venerated Stalin saying when he was around, they had more order, he was shocked how many Russians longed for the dictator, to be ruled by the iron fist.[/quote]

This has nothing to do with the national identity and everything to do with a very rational response to external stimuli.  If doing something non-critical brings you trouble, it is just as easy not to do it.

Today Russians interact with foreigners with no fear of prosecution. It is your contention that Russian national identity has changed?

This isn't "understanding Russian identity."  This is "please describe to me all the ways in which Russians are different from, and inferior to us."[/quote]

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