which caused so much controversy, were almost throwaway remarks. Solzhenitsyn was not interested in America for its own sake. He wasn't interested in Western democracy for its own sake.He was interested in what they could do to help Russia get free of the Soviet tyranny. And to that extent, I think it wasn't exactly he was misreported, but he didn't understand the Western media and he didn't understand what would be seized upon and commented upon the most. [--Michael Scammell]
from Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Russian Author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Dies at 89
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