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“... man whom the Politburo was soon to choose as its leader provide interesting reading. According to Vladimir Solovyov and Elena Klepikova, Chernenko is noted for his ‘simple-mindedness ... and lack of cleverness in intrigues’. They attributed to Georgi Arbatov, a leading Politburo adviser on world affairs, the statement that ‘as a Soviet ...”

“... no obvious Lenins, Hitlers or even Mussolinis on the horizon: the self-confessed candidates, like Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party or Generals Makashov and Sterligov who position themselves within the ‘Red-Brown’ coalition of Communists and nationalists, are risible to most Russians and are made to seem more so when their rantings are ...”

“... the protests Prilepin posted a link to a current affairs show he sometimes appears on, hosted by Vladimir Solovyov. Guests stand behind Weakest Link-style lecterns and are led by Solovyov in a nearly three-hour discussion of the assault by the West and decadent liberals on patriotic Russian manliness, embodied by ...”