“Yevtushenko risked his life and freedom. What are privileged Americans afraid of? "
The death of the great Russian non-conformist poet and the absence of his civil courage in the ruling circles of the United States Photo: RIA Novosti Evgeny Yevtushenko, who died on April 1, challenged the Soviet leadership for decades, while the Americans, risking much less, remain silent, faced with a hysteria of the Cold War. The writer of The Nation magazine Stephen Cohen and radio host John Batchelor continue their weekly discussion of the new Cold War between the United States and Russia.