This is written in response to Chris Snow’s excellent article on present day Russia, which we have corresponded on. Chris — there’s no doubt that your and Peter Zeihan’s estimate of young men leaving Russia is accurate. I know quite a few of them personally. They are people I worked with and unfortunately from Russia’s viewpoint, they are among the best and the brightest. Where I do disagree is in relation to your assertion that Putin is evil or that his regime is evil. He ha