Parallel worlds By Grigory Pasko, journalist Sometimes I watch Russian television. In prime time, they show me stories about events in the world – mainly about how bad things are OVER THERE, and about events in Russia. The main events in Russia: the voluntary encloisterment of inhabitants of Penza Oblast under the ground; the training of dogs to search for narcotics; the cleanup of roads and houses from the winter mud and dust… Before this, naturally, two requisite stories: one – about Vladimir Putin, the second – about Dmitry Medvedev. That’s it. There don’t seem to be any other events in this huge country. Television personality Vladimir Pozner was a prominent apologist for the Soviet regime on American television during the cold war (photo courtesy of www.liplus.ru)