Russian diplomat Alexander Kulyaev dutifully followed the Kremlin propaganda script to denigrate my article of September 18 (“Distorted idea of Russia (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2019-09-26-letter-distorted-idea-of-russia/)”, September 28).

According to his Orwellian mindset, only the master of the Kremlin knows the whole truth and nothing but the truth. For him, therefore, my critical piece “distorts the truth”. And the real truth is that Vladimir Putin’s Russia tolerates no opposition or criticism...

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