From the Russian Editor Civil society: nothing ventured, nothing gained In Search of the Golden Mean The Sluggish Versus the Frightening The Visla: Munich on the banks of the Neva Yuri Belyaev: We want to become a parliamentary party Patriotism Gets No Respect Boris Pustyntsev: The inaction of the authorities is to blame for the ultra-right's flourishing Left-wing Petersburg today Eduard Limonov: There is no left or right. There's the system and the enemies of the system Anatoliy Belkin: An elegant bow tie is a more powerful challenge than a shoulder belt and jackboots Good Guys and Bad Trips Margarete von der Borch: These children really need us Ivan Blokov (Greenpeace): Petersburg is one of the most polluted cities Sex for 10.000 rubles: child prostitution thrives in Petersburg Petersburg in the late '90s: a psychotropic revolution? Society demands its pleasures Riffs and Shouts From the TaMtAm to the Taleon Club TaMtAm Without Illusions