The only tears I've ever shed for Russia, are for the 30 million vicitms of Soviet totalitarianism; the few Russians who understand the meaning of democracy but are unable to practice it; the thousands of Russian seniors and children who will freeze to death because their government cannot afford to provide adequate heating; the thousands of Jews, Africans and Central Asians who live in fear of death by racial violence, because the Russian government is unwilling to condemn openly facist Russian organizations.

So you see, we're not crying about Russia, we're actually crying for Russia.

Russians, alas, are the first victims of communism.