A year ago, in our public correspondence with Dm. Shusharin discussed the question of where we are all together today. Mr. Shusharin argued that we have already entered directly “into a catastrophe, which, although long-lasting, must still end.” I, for my part, believed that we were still “on the road to Amsterdam, well, not to Amsterdam, of course, but rather somewhere to Caracas or, not to mention, to Ashgabat.” I admit that, in any case, I was mistaken in the address.