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Let's use our imagination and picture Russia splitting along the Ural Mountains into two parts in 2018: Siberia and Moscow. And by 2030, Siberia has its own language, and every resident deeply believes in its national uniqueness and has nothing in common with those Muscovites. Moreover, China is much closer to us, and we will live better with it. Isn't that funny? Not to me; rather, it's sad.

Of course, it's sad that things have deteriorated to the point where everyone has turned away and become divided. But I certainly won't come to the stands, laugh at someone else's misfortune, and tell the Siberians how to live better and what they should do without something, just like everyone else in Moscow, and that their life and economy are doomed. Such remarks would, at the very least, not be in line with the friendly tone you speak of and rightly call for.