That year, autumn sneaked up and ended a hot summer. By the end of August, the evenings were already damp and dark.
In many countries, the age of 21 is considered a time when you understand at least a little of who you are, and what you would like to be. 21 years after the end of the Soviet Union, Russia still seems to lack a clear idea of what it wants to be when it grows up.
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