Yes, Pushkin!

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Aug 21 08

A reader writes: Your reader couldn't be more wrong. When Russian dissidents and democracy advocates gathered bravely in the late sixties and early seventies, frequently led by Elena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov, they had a favorite place--before the statue of... Full story...

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