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Ryszard Kapuscinski

Polish Journalist

Born: Mar 4, 1932

Died: Jan 23, 2007

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There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God. Ryszard Kapuscinski

God Religion First Understanding State Positively Several Russian Russians Something Oppressive Authority Sent View Reasons Why Orthodox

There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past. Ryszard Kapuscinski

You Old Past Approach Ruling Critical Self-Critical Understand Current Lack Incapable Assessment Actually Elite

Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes was only possible thanks to the hypocrisy of the East and the West who were waging the Cold War for world domination. Ryszard Kapuscinski

War World Long Hypocrisy Thanks Cold Cold War Crimes Rule East Possible Only Fact Shame He Waging Were West Domination Commit Who Many Whole World Domination

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Fear Other Side East Neither Would Criticize He Knew Support Openly Untouchable Him Felt Said Nor West

Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the very same time and then deliberately kept them together in his waiting room. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Time Together Waiting Deliberately Both Invite His Ambassador Very Same Soviet Same Time Room Them Then Us Palace Kept

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another. Ryszard Kapuscinski

People Remember Meeting Way Russian Only Could Had Hotel Since Moscow Talking Another Understand Educated Came Been Different Two

I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Remember Independence Three Months Correspondent Angola Only Leading Period Up

I'll tell you what colonial experience is. Ryszard Kapuscinski

You Experience Tell Colonial

In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Government You Past Criminal Russia Russian No-One Nobody Document Terrible Policy Said Official Modern Soviet Any Formal Assessment Ever

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Russians Colonial Most French Powers Course Because Came Were Italian Italians Lot Former Communities British

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Knowledge People World High About Only Attentive Readership Source Very

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