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Published 7/2/2009 at The Economist: Full print edition
When Barack Obama goes to Moscow, he will find a sulky former superpower that no longer wants to be part of Western clubs IN 1988, when the Soviet era was drawing to a close, a Russian rock band, Nautilus Pompilius, recorded a “Farewell Letter” that captured Russia’s love affair with America: As Russia was opening up to the world, it was bidding farewell to America as a dream and a Utopia. ...
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