It is hypocritical to promote democracy and then sign a trade agreement that denies workers the basic democratic right to organize and join unions.

Roughly 900 miles to the south, in Astrakhan, the supporters of mayoral candidate Oleg Shein encountered roughly the same electoral fraud that so overwhelmed Roman Shar.

In the Machiavellian tradition, lying is sometimes justified by reference to the higher needs of political statecraft, and sometimes by the claim that the state, as an embodiment of the public good, represents a higher level of morality. That tradition is once again in the spotlight, as the question of political untruth has recently resurfaced in many bitter disputes.

Although the series has not been shown on U.S. television, its three episodes were shown in succession, on 26 February 2005, as part of the True False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, with a personal appearance by Curtis.