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The psychological burden that the past has laid on Ukraine emerged vividly last week in a debate between teenagers and a 35-year-old woman at the base of Lenin`s statue.
”Our people are still sleeping,” the woman said. ”We`ve always been slaves. We`ve been in a cage. Our people are afraid. They think they`re going to lose their jobs or their apartments.”
A reporter asked for her name.
”I`m afraid to tell you.”
”We`re in a free nation now,” one of the boys said.
”I`m afraid of you all,” she said. ”You might all be KGB.”
”What are you afraid of?”
”You`re 18. I`m 35. This is a symptom of our totalitarian illness.”
”What is your name?”
”Natasha.”
”What is your last name?”
”I`m afraid to tell you.”
