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...outsider would see the irony in a saint occupying the spot once reserved for larger-than-life portraits of Marx and Lenin. Not a Russian. During a recent missionary crusade by U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, large crowds stood by the speaker's platform to commit their lives to Christ and fill a spiritual void left after the collapse of communism...
...Union hurled itself feverishly into crash industrialization. The factory at Magnitogorsk grew bigger but never better. Today Russians must cope with the legacy of that era: pollution that blots out the light and deteriorating, inefficient furnaces making steel no one wants. "It's quite common," says a worker, "to commit suicide by throwing oneself into the liquid...
Disaffection has helped spread extremist organizations throughout the country. Membership of radical groups has grown to 40,000 nationwide, up 25% since 1990, and three-quarters of those are considered ready to commit violent acts. No sign has been more frightening, though, than the crowds that have cheered on the rioting hooligans. Says sociologist Wolf Lepenies: "I'm not at all surprised that 100 or 200 would attack an asylum house. I'm more worried about the passive...
...organized far right. But focusing on the hard core will be of limited value if nothing is done to make the environment less hospitable to its subversive message. The state has to re- establish its authority by deploying the full force of the law against those who commit or condone violent acts. That will require training and motivating the demoralized and ill-equipped eastern police forces, and taking action against officials who seem to sympathize with thugs. Speedier justice and stiffer sentences are also needed. It took until September of this year to conclude a trial for a hate crime...
...ones find other supportive adults who nurture them, typically a nonabusive parent, grandparent, teacher or coach. Some manage to cope by emotionally numbing themselves or by taking out their repressed anger on someone other than the abuser. Others find the torment intolerable. They may run away or try to commit suicide. Donna Marie Wisener once had a gun in her mouth when she was discovered by her father, who told her, "Next time do it right...