| Hobson's choice | ситуация, формально предполагающая возможность выбора, но фактически не обеспечивающая данной возможности (Putin faces a Hobson's choice: to select effective managers capable of running the show called Russia Inc is very dangerous for him personally, because they will by definition not be part of the team – his charmed circle from which no-one can escape. But the dangers for Putin and for Russia of staying with same time-serving crew of telephone engineers, the mere transmitters of signals, are even greater. TG Alexander Demidov) |
