The last number I heard (on Russian TV) was 20 million Soviet citizens dead by Stalin orders - shot or frozen or famine or during building all those monumentous Soviet projects. And it continued after Stalin, although on lesser scale. Road from Baikal to Amur was built. What Hitler have done (mostly) to his enemies, Stalin and communists did to their own people. Gautam, to which city are you going in Russia? At 9 May big concert is planned in a park. Many artists from Russia are coming. When asked if he is not afraid to come to Israel now, he answered that Moscow is not really different. :-( Take care. Ilana
Hi Ilana. Thanks for your good wishes. I'm going to Moscow. It's a business trip, so I'm being escorted by people from Kommersant, a Russian newspaper, and I'm definitely staying in the better parts of Moscow - my hotel will be on the Arbat. So on the whoel I'm not too worried about security, although I am taking some precautions. I'm not important enough to be worth kidnapping, anyways :-) Gautam
