“This regime doesn't demonstrate any model of the future: the nearest future, a middle- term future, a long-term future. We are 'great' right now. What are the qualities of this greatness? The petrol crisis? In that sense, the future is aborted. People are trying not to think about the future. The horizon of planning is very short.”

Andrei Kolesnikov · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Andrei Kolesnikov reflected on the absence of a long-term vision for Russia's future.