Requiem to a Friendship
I am telling this story to illustrate how things that are happening impact on me, even as I live a fairly isolated life. I have referenced several times a Russian friend whom I have known off-and-on since the 1980’s.Vadim has led a full life, being one of the first Russian Jews to leave the Soviet Union in 1984 moving to Israel which he left because it reminded him of the Soviet Union he had left. When the neo-liberal reforms arrived…
