Where does Nikolskaya Street lead? Synthesis of carnival and repression as Putin's know-how
Spontaneity is one of the evidence of being, claimed Erich Fromm. In Russia, there is little spontaneity, everything is in rationally, the state controls everything - and, as already noted, this is not even done with the aim of actual control, but, as they say, “to be”. That is why any spontaneity in Russia is worth its weight in gold - as a sign of genuine, not fake existence. The World Cup gave rise to two such important spontaneously in Russia.