Whispered in Russia: Democracy Is Finished
Chess champion Garry Kasparov, now heading Committee 2008, told Echo of
Moscow radio that the public has become disillusioned with the idea that a strong state can cure all the nation's ills. "It's power that has dragged us into this horror, and power that dragged us into this war, and all along this power had nothing but promises, preening with its own force….
"But this power is bankrupted now. And it's not just bankruptcy — we can say that this power has become a threat to everyone in this country…. And in order to move forward, we must at least begin to diagnose our own illness."