"I thought when I... made my first big mistakes in public that that was really going to be the end of me. My parents cried. My friends were desperate."

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I am always surprised when I watch the weather report on German television. First they show the map of Europe and then the camera moves to the right. Then comes Kiev, then Moscow and then everything stops. This seems to be the West's view of us - of a wild Russia that begins past Moscow, a place one prefers not to see. This is a big mistake. The West must pay closer attention.

— Vladimir Sorokin