This means that the protesters are no Communists, he adds.
The Kremlin will now take some cosmetic steps to calm down its critics, Pacner writes.
However, there is the fear that Russia will walk on the road to democracy for another 100 years, if it ever succeeds in this, he adds.
Western countries including the Czech Republic should help Russia in this sphere, but they must always be watchful in order to avoid some cunning trap, Pacner writes.
Besides, they have to ensure their economic security because Russia has often shown that if it needs something, it is able to blackmail the world with its energy weapons, the cutting of its raw materials in particular, he adds.
The co-existence of Europe and rest of the advanced world with Russia is not and will not be easy with such an undemocratic country as Russia, Pacner writes.
The banner saying "We Need our Havel" from the Moscow protest rallies has asked a very interesting question, Petracek writes in Lidove noviny.
The problem is that Russia already had its Havels. One of them was Andrei Sakharov, a humanist of Havel's type, now half-forgotten, Petracek writes.
The other was Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It was him who proposed the notion "do not live in lie" that also inspired Havel, he adds.
However, Solzhenitsyn shortly before his death indulged in being photographed alongside President Vladimir Putin, Petracek writes.
If Russia is looking for its own Havel, it is deciding on whom of the two dissidents it will embrace, he adds.
Will it join Sakharov's humanistic legacy or national icon Solzhenitsyn? Petracek asks the crucial question.
One has to bear in mind the words about socialism said by Communist leader Vojtech Filip when someone claims that the present-day Communist party has nothing in common with the Communist-era Communist party of Czechoslovakia (KSC), Zbynek Petracek writes in Lidove noviny, citing the letter of condolences sent by Filip to the North Korean leadership after the recent death of Kim Jong-Il.
One is forced to ask the question of how Filip would defend socialism in our beautiful country if had the means and the opportunity, Petracek asks, citing Filip's words that "he believes that the Korean Workers's Party will continue waging its heroic struggle for the defence of socialism in your beautiful country."
If asked whether Communists are in Czech parliament, the answer should be clear: Yes, there are Stalinists in it and there is no force that would sweep them away, Petracek writes. Author: CTK
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