A Fool's Notebooks: Post-Coronavirus, Defused Variant
14 hrs. 22 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Evgeniy Satanovsky
Author
Evgeniy Satanovsky
Narrator
Alexey Komissarov
Narrator
Alexey Komissarov
Description
Evgeny Satanovsky is an entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of the Institute of the Middle East, and a professor at ISAАA, Moscow State University (Moscow State University). Former President of the Russian Jewish Congress, journalist and writer, host of the popular program “From Two to Five” on the Vesti FM radio station.
Russia, in which we live: the Third Empire? Why is there no money but you still have to hold on, and where in the country do such people come from? Are there chances for survival in the European Union—and for Europe? Why is it so important to die on time?
About Crimea, Victory Day, and Angela Merkel… Not everyone manages to see the collapse of a world empire—and yet, living in it, to survive. That happens once every few generations, but there is not a single country that existed forever. And even if the process of breaking up imperial provinces—suddenly independent states—takes only a few days, they separate for decades. Some flourish. Others split apart and perish. Still others fight among themselves. People who were citizens of one state yesterday are building a new life—or trying to preserve the old one. They run wherever their eyes look, or try to attach themselves to the former metropolis. They work for sweat and become criminal authorities, drug dealers, and terrorists. They either end up on the “Forbes” lists or join the ranks of the lumpen. Describing all this would take no life.
And how do you describe the Great Flood when you yourself is being twisted in its whirlpool? The Chinese weren’t wrong to wish that they would avoid the time of change. But if it has come— it’s a sin not to describe what you see and where it seems everything is heading. That’s what this book is about. In it, the author honestly tried to take the position of a neutral observer—though he didn’t succeed very well. Such karma…
Russia, in which we live: the Third Empire? Why is there no money but you still have to hold on, and where in the country do such people come from? Are there chances for survival in the European Union—and for Europe? Why is it so important to die on time?
About Crimea, Victory Day, and Angela Merkel… Not everyone manages to see the collapse of a world empire—and yet, living in it, to survive. That happens once every few generations, but there is not a single country that existed forever. And even if the process of breaking up imperial provinces—suddenly independent states—takes only a few days, they separate for decades. Some flourish. Others split apart and perish. Still others fight among themselves. People who were citizens of one state yesterday are building a new life—or trying to preserve the old one. They run wherever their eyes look, or try to attach themselves to the former metropolis. They work for sweat and become criminal authorities, drug dealers, and terrorists. They either end up on the “Forbes” lists or join the ranks of the lumpen. Describing all this would take no life.
And how do you describe the Great Flood when you yourself is being twisted in its whirlpool? The Chinese weren’t wrong to wish that they would avoid the time of change. But if it has come— it’s a sin not to describe what you see and where it seems everything is heading. That’s what this book is about. In it, the author honestly tried to take the position of a neutral observer—though he didn’t succeed very well. Such karma…
