We always moved in groups from one coup d'etat to another, from one war to another.

Aesopian language was used by all of us. And of course, using this language meant having readers who understood it.

We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres.

We all cooperated, all of us, East and West, regardless of country, because the working conditions were really terrible.

On 9/11, those of us who do the jobs that I do, flew without a net for hour and hour and hour after end. And then you hope and pray that you've had the experie…

Instead of this, I tell what I hope will pass as truth. A blunt thing, not lovely. The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner, though I am good at what …

I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work in some remote corner of Russia after the war. I …