"Покажите мою голову людям, она того стоит" (с)
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Set alongside these remarks, Mr. Depardieu’s sallies on Russian democracy are mostly silly. But they also have a history. From enlightened despotism through absolute autocracy to Soviet communism, Russia has been a screen against which France has projected its ideological or merely idiosyncratic dreams. That these dreams have proved nightmares for those who really lived them is, of course, beside the point for Russia’s leaders.
One of Mr. Depardieu’s best-known roles is as Georges Danton, the revolutionary leader consumed by the events he helped incite. As he is led to the guillotine, Danton tells his executioners, “Show my head to the people — it is worth seeing.”
Considering the many photographs of Mr. Depardieu embracing the Russian leader this week, we can well imagine this is a sentiment Mr. Putin happily shares.
(Отсюда).
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Set alongside these remarks, Mr. Depardieu’s sallies on Russian democracy are mostly silly. But they also have a history. From enlightened despotism through absolute autocracy to Soviet communism, Russia has been a screen against which France has projected its ideological or merely idiosyncratic dreams. That these dreams have proved nightmares for those who really lived them is, of course, beside the point for Russia’s leaders.
One of Mr. Depardieu’s best-known roles is as Georges Danton, the revolutionary leader consumed by the events he helped incite. As he is led to the guillotine, Danton tells his executioners, “Show my head to the people — it is worth seeing.”
Considering the many photographs of Mr. Depardieu embracing the Russian leader this week, we can well imagine this is a sentiment Mr. Putin happily shares.
(Отсюда).
.
