I listened to a very eloquent journalist who was speaking on Breakfast Television this morning. His English was perfect. He speaks perfect Russian. His parents, one of whom is a teacher, are living in the Ukraine and refusing to leave, as is their right. What he had to say was worth listening to. It was authentic and believable. It occurred to me that there were people, in Russia, probably watching their equivalent of BTV, on which an equally authentic journalist was feeding them information which was, in all likelihood, verbatim quotes from Putin. Whilst we, at least, have a choice about who are our leaders, the Russians don't. For the time being, most seem to accept that the 'great' man only has the interests of Russia at heart, but God help them if they ever start to doubt him. It will take another revolution to depose him.
