LETTER: Distorted idea of Russia
Professor's critique of the Russian leadership is marred by clichés and factual mistakes
We took note of Prof Gerrit Olivier’s recent article and strongly disagree with the author’s perception of Russia (Strongman Putin Faces New Internal Threat: Savvy, Middle-class New Russians (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2019-09-18-strongman-putin-faces-new-internal-threat-savvy-middle-class-new-russians/), September 18). In our opinion this oped is, in both form and essence, a work of fiction.
Just as in most basic Hollywood movies, where Russia is shown strictly through a gloomy crooked lens, Olivier paints a truly bleak and, most importantly, completely distorted picture of current-day Russia, resorting to the rhetoric of the Cold War and apartheid eras...
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