Little strokes fell great oaks – a case study By Grigory Pasko, journalist For several years now, I’ve had occasion to interact on a regular basis with one mid-level manager at a large Moscow company. Well, actually, I don’t really know what level it is – technical director of a branch of the company. He’s a specialist in automobiles. A real professional at what he does, and a person who knows how to manage people. A former military man. Apparently, it was just this circumstance that enabled him to have a non-critical attitude towards today’s Russian power. He considered that our power is normal; that Putin is doing everything right; that the opposition is not worthy of taking power into its hands… True, he would turn silent during the time of our discussions when I would ask him to give me examples of the efficiency of the power of the chekists in the development of the economy of the country, the solution of social problems, questions of planning and other things. And so we would meet an continue our never-ending discussions…