This time, the governor and the municipalities took some initiative. But at moments like these, the difference between wealth and poverty appears at its most raw.
Only Putin can answer the real question: Will Russia set aside its tone of blackmail and accept that other countries have a right to self-determination?
They readily take our money, but when it comes to paying taxes and duties, the U.S. mega-corporations which define our lives more and more are not so forthcoming.
Yes, the world is no longer bipolar, and the love hate relationship between the U.S.A. and China cannot be looked at through the eyes of the past. But the rivalry between the two definitely exists—and the Olympics translate that rivalry in some form, although it has not been reduced entirely to it.
Hall and the actors have perhaps chosen an unassuming format in order to tell such an intense story. But they turn this limitation into an artistic triumph.