Ilya Milstein This name should now be remembered, as a symbol, or something, that political reality that flickers outside the windows, but does not lend itself to description. Such a red river, not at all red and really not black, God forbid. The metaphor with which we will explore current political processes, as well as recognize the future. The red river is the name of one of the polling stations in St. Petersburg, where the governor Valentina Matvienko intends to run for 21 on August 21.