Blow for blow

Finally, human rights activists paid attention to the Russians, Roman Silantiev rejoiced at a Friday meeting with journalists. Now they “will be able to convey their pain to the world community.” It’s scary to think: in other republics, Russians are “virtually deprived of access to power structures.” That is why xenophobia is growing among them. “If this process is not stopped... there will be an explosion and Russia will become a completely mono-national state,” Silantyev frightens. It seems that this is called “to spite my mother, I will cut off my ears.”