Autocrats do their best to prolong their rule, but the scourge of history still undermines them. Andrei Kolesnikov's opinion* 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or relates to the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". (18+) This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by the foreign agent Andrei Vladimirovich Kolesnikov or relates to the activities of the foreign agent Andrei Vladimirovich Kolesnikov. Dictators believe that time is on their side. They strive to rule as long as possible, and for this people need the illusion of closeness of a great goal. It must be visible enough to be fought over, but unattainable during the ruler's lifetime. "The future is gone, there is no setting goals: "The ultimate goal is nothing, movement is an endless battle with the West - everything. "In Russia, a quarter of a century of rule by one regime changed the very perception of time. The past is rewritten, the future disappears, and the present becomes an endless repetition of the same events. At the same time, enormous resources are invested according to the principle "after us, even a flood". "But there is no eternal life. Neither the high priests nor the autocracy. Time is still working against them, even though the molehill of history is digging slowly." Column by Andrei Kolesnikov. The link doesn't open? Read here illustration: Peter Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta* * The Russian authorities consider him a "foreign agent".

Autocrats do their best to prolong their rule, but the scourge of history still undermines them. Andrei Kolesnikov's opinion* 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or relates to the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". (18+) This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by the foreign agent Andrei Vladimirovich Kolesnikov or relates to the activities of the foreign agent Andrei Vladimirovich Kolesnikov. Dictators believe that time is on their side. They strive to rule as long as possible, and for this people need the illusion of closeness of a great goal. It must be visible enough to be fought over, but unattainable during the ruler's lifetime. "The future is gone, there is no setting goals: "The ultimate goal is nothing, movement is an endless battle with the West - everything. "In Russia, a quarter of a century of rule by one regime changed the very perception of time. The past is rewritten, the future disappears, and the present becomes an endless repetition of the same events. At the same time, enormous resources are invested according to the principle "after us, even a flood". "But there is no eternal life. Neither the high priests nor the autocracy. Time is still working against them, even though the molehill of history is digging slowly." Column by Andrei Kolesnikov. The link doesn't open? Read here illustration: Peter Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta* * The Russian authorities consider him a "foreign agent".