You really made me laugh. I remember my friends in Moscow showing me the "Propoganda" plaques in the Metro. Those huge vegetables.
I remember when I found out about the world-renowned ballet, the Bolshoy. That it means Big Ballet.
Anyway, this treaty is about trust between Putin and Bush, a lovely thing to celebrate. Both Americans and Russians who have not visited the other country are struggling with that same trust. Post-cold-war trauma.
Did you see that Putin took Bush and his wife to a liturgy at the Kazan Cathedral, and Laura wore a headscarf? WOW. I was amazed.