... armed robbers: whilst 'lost' means that his ship foundered at sea.1 Rab. Judah said in Samuel's name: The halachah is as R. Tarfon. Rehabah had in his charge an orphan's money. He went before R. Joseph and enquired. 'May I use it?' He replied, 'Thus did Rab Judah say in Samuel's name, The halachah is as R. Tarfon. Thereupon Abaye protested, But was it not stated thereon: R. Helbo said in R. Huna's...

... name: This refers only to the purchase price of a lost article, since he took trouble therein,2  but not to money which was itself lost property:3  and these4  are likewise as lost money? — Go then,' said he to him;5  'they do not permit me to give you a favourable ruling.' MISHNAH. IF ONE FINDS SCROLLS, HE MUST READ THEM EVERY THIRTY DAYS;6  IF HE CANNOT READ, HE MUST...

... MAY NOT BE TOUCHED UNTIL ELIJAH COMES.11  IF ONE FINDS A SACK OR A BASKET, OR ANY OBJECT WHICH IT IS UNDIGNIFIED FOR HIM TO TAKE,12  HE NEED NOT TAKE IT. GEMARA. Samuel said: If one finds phylacteries in a sack, he must immediately turn them into money [i.e., sell them] and lay the money by. Rabina objected: IF ONE FIND SCROLLS, HE MUST READ THEM EVERY THIRTY DAYS; IF HE CANNOT READ, HE...

... MUST ROLL THEM. Thus, he may only roll, but not sell them and lay the money by! — Said Abaye: phylacteries are obtainable at Bar Habu;13  whereas scrolls are rare.14 Our Rabbis taught: If one borrows a Scroll of the Torah from his neighbour, he may not lend it to another. He may open and read it, providing, however, that he does not study [a subject] therein for the first time; nor may...

... use the money. If one finds money, so disposed that he is bound to announce it (v. supra 24b) he may not use it whilst waiting for the owner to claim it, since it needs neither care nor attention. Sc. the orphan's coins. R. Joseph to the disciple. If left unused longer, they become mouldy and moth eaten. To give them an airing. The long poring over the scroll and its consequent handling injured it...

... cloths were more delicately made in those days, or were otherwise weaker than woolens. One had better drink the former than the latter. Lit., 'much money.' [I.e., manufactured, not grown, in Rome; v. Krauss, op. cit. I, 537.] Which was rare and costly. [On the difficulty of the process for producing colourless glass among the ancients, v. Krauss, op. cit. II, 286.] Tractate List / Glossary / / Bible...

... them, it looks like usury. For R. Joseph b. Minyomi said in R. Nahman's name: Though it has been ruled, if one dwells in his neighbour's court without his knowledge, he is not bound to pay him rent; yet if he lent him [money] and then dwelt in his court, he must. He replied: Then I repent thereof. Abaye said: If a man had a claim of usury upon his neighbour, and the market price of wheat was four...

... favouring him with a cheaper rent [than normal]. But in the second clause, the reference is to purchase, where the money is immediately due; therefore [the higher price] is payment for waiting, which is forbidden. Raba said: The Rabbis scrutinised this ruling, and based it on Scripture: As the hiring of a year in a year,9  [which intimates,] the hire of one year is not payable until the next.10 BUT...

... is permitted.12  Why? Because my beer will not deteriorate [if I keep it until Nisan], [and] I am in no need of money;13  hence, I merely confer a benefit upon the purchaser [by letting him have it earlier]. But R. Shesheth the son of R. Idi said to R. papa: Why should you merely consider yourself? Consider them [the purchasers]: had they money, they would purchase at present prices...

..., identify it with a se'ah, on the strength of a passage in 'Er. 14b. Direct interest can be reclaimed, infra 656. Hence, it is not part of the interest. The garment is regarded as a sale, and hence not returnable. Receiving it as interest due. I.e., only ten zuz should be reckoned for it. = 1200 zuz. I.e., the higher price for the monthly arrangement cannot be regarded as such, since the money is not yet...

..., AND HE [THE BUYER] HAVING PAID PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, THE VENDOR PROPOSED, 'WHENEVER YOU DESIRE, BRING ME THE BALANCE AND TAKE YOUR OWN' [SC. THE FIELD], THAT IS FORBIDDEN.4  IF HE LENT MONEY ON A FIELD AND SAID TO HIM [THE DEBTOR], 'IF YOU DO NOT REPAY ME WITHIN THREE YEARS, IT [THE FIELD] IS MINE' — IT BECOMES HIS; AND THUS DID BOETHUS B. ZUNIN DO, [ACTING] WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE...

...; that is forbidden: 'at its real value,' — that is permitted. Which Tanna maintains that [if he stipulates] 'at this price,' it is forbidden — R. Huna the son of R. Joshua said: It does not agree with R. Judah; for were it in accordance with him — surely he holds that one-sided interest is permitted.12 If he sells a house or a field, and says to the purchaser, 'When I have money...

..., resell it to me,' — that is forbidden. [If the buyer says], 'When you have money, I will resell it to you,' — that is permitted.13  With which Tanna does this agree? — R. Huna the son of R. Joshua said: Not with R. Judah; for if it agreed with him — surely he ruled that one-sided interest is permitted.14  What is the difference between the first clause and the second...

... 63a. Here too, there is no certainty that the mortgagee will sell his field at all. The first is forbidden, as it looks like evasion of usury: the purchaser gives a sum of money to the vendor, in return for which he uses the field until the former repays him. V. supra 63a. Here too, it may be that the field will not be repurchased, in which case there is no interest. At the option of the buyer...

...; Such22  an action was [once tried] when through Rafram's insistence23  R. Ashi24  was compelled to order the collection [of damages]25  in the manner of a beam that is fit for decorative mouldings.26 Amemar stated in the name of R. Hama; If a man has against him, the claim of his wife's kethubah and that of a creditor, and he owns a plot of land and has also ready money, the...

... creditor's claim is settled by means of the ready money while the woman's claim is settled by means of the land, the creditor being treated in accordance with his rights,27  and the wife in accordance with her rights.28  If, however, he owns only one plot of land and it suffices to meet the claim of one only, it is to be given to the creditor;29  it is not to be given to the wife. What is...

... court,] 'You must yourself go and sell it, bring [the net proceeds] and deliver it to him'?32 'No', the other replied. 'Tell me then', [the first said to him,] 'how the incident33  had actually occurred'. '[The debtor]' the other replied, 'alleged that his money belonged to34  an idolater; and since he acted in an improper manner35  he was similarly treated in an improper manner'.36...

... where the action is not to be tried by him, v. supra 52b. V. p. 541, nn. 15ff. The buyer. As soon as he buys the bond and before the creditor has had time to think of remitting it to the debtor. The debtor. Being naturally in need of ready money. For the amount involved. As soon as he buys the bond and before the creditor has time to think of remitting it to the debtor. The buyer's. I.e., R. Meir (cf...

... childhood had destroyed a bond of indebtedness, and Rafram made him pay for it in accordance with the ruling of R. Meir (v. supra note 8). Metaph. As the beam is smooth and straight and of the best quality of wood so was the collection made to the full extent of the damage and of the best of the creditor's estate. As he advanced ready money he is justly entitled to ready money. As her statutory kethubah...

... is secured on the husband's lands she is entitled to his land only. The amount (if the kethubah corresponding to the on barzel (v. Glos.) property, though this might have consisted of ready money, is, like the statutory kethubah with which it is amalgamated, also secured on the husband's lands only. If the bond of indebtedness and the kethubah bear the same date. Otherwise, the holder of the...

... borrowers. Is it possible that a debtor would be expected to go to all this trouble when the creditor's security was not that of ready money but of land? That gave rise to the erroneous report. Lit., 'attached his money to'. By attempting to deprive his creditor from his due. In being ordered to find a buyer for his land, though elsewhere (cf. supra n. 6) it is the task of the creditor to do so. V. 'Ar...

.... 22a. [Since, that is to say, the payment of a debt is a religious obligation, where is the sanction for the employment of compulsory measures to make one pay his debts? Others connect the question with the preceding case of one who ascribes his money to a non-Jew so as to evade payment, v. Tosaf. s.v. [H]]. That flogging is administered and the sinner is thereby purged. The festive booth for the...

... as to what was R. Eliezer's meaning. By a formal declaration. E.g., 'may all the produce of the world be forbidden to me if I misappropriated any of your goods or money' (cf. Git. 34b). V. supra p. 546. n, 10. V. p. 547. n. 10. V. supra p. 546, n. 20. The nature of this oath is explained infra. If, having been divorced by him, she died and they claim from him the amount of her kethubah. The oath...

...; Come and hear: If one finds money in a Synagogue or a house of study, or in any other place where crowds are frequent, it belongs to the finder, because the owner has given it up.10  Now, who is the authority that lays it down that we go according to the majority11  if not R. Simeon b. Eleazar? You must therefore conclude that [he applies this principle] also to a case where the majority...

... are Israelites!12  — Here we deal with [a case where the money found was] scattered.13  But if [the money was] scattered, why refer to places where crowds are frequent? It would apply also to places where crowds are not frequent!14  — Admittedly, therefore, [the reference is to money found] in bundles,15  but we deal here with Synagogues16  of heathens. But how...

... therefrom that the Rabbis accept R. Simeon b. Eleazar's view in the case where the majority are heathens! — Admittedly, therefore, this21  represents the view of R. Simeon b. Eleazar, and his ruling applies also to a case where the majority are Israelites, but here21  we deal [with a case where the money was] concealed.22  But if it was concealed, what has [the finder] to do with it...

... the announcement of finds. Moreover, according to Tosaf., even if it were certain that the article belonged to an Israelite, there would be no need to return it because the owner, presuming that a heathen found it, would despair of recovering it. v. B.K. (Sonc. ed.) p. 666.] [In view of the principle that we do not follow the majority in money matters.] Cf. supra 21b. I.e., that in the question...

... whether a found article is to be returned depends on considerations relating to the majority of the people that frequent the place where the article is found. As the majority of those congregating in a Synagogue are Israelites. In such a case the Rabbis also hold that the money belongs to the finder, as stated in the Mishnah, supra 21a. Scattered money has no identification mark and is given up by the...

...; OR A VESSEL BY ITSELF, MONEY IN A PURSE,30  OR A PURSE BY ITSELF; HEAPS OF FRUIT,31  HEAPS OF COINS, - To Next Folio - Original footnotes renumbered. See Structure of the Talmud Files And it is not a case where the money was concealed. It is wrong, however, to conclude from this that the Rabbis agree with R. Simeon b. Eleazar where the majority are heathens, as their decision does not...

... Dr. H. Freedman. Which usually has some identification mark by which the owner may recognise it. Which also has an identification mark. Heaps of fruit or money also have identification marks, as explained in the Gemara below. Tractate List / Glossary / / Bible Reference                                    ...

... to university. But he was even ready to borrow money in order to do it. He was utterly insistent that I go to university. I was willing, but not to go to medical college, and I was not willing to go to engineering college either. I flatly refused to be a doctor or an engineer. I told him, "If you want to know the truth, I want to be a sannyasin, a hobo." He said, "What! A hobo!"...

...; I said, "Yes. I want to go to university to study philosophy so that I can be a philosophical hobo." He refused, saying, "In that case I am not going to borrow money and take all that trouble." My grandmother said, "Don't you worry son; you go and do whatsoever you want to do. I am alive, and I will sell everything I have just to help you to be yourself. I will not ask...

... where you want to go and what you want to study." She never asked, and she sent me money continuously, even when I became a professor. I had to tell her that I was now earning for myself, and I should rather send her money. She said, "Don't worry, I have no use for this money, and you must be using it well." People used to wonder where I got all the money from to purchase my books...

..., because I had thousands of books. Even when I was just a student in high school I had thousands of books in my house. My whole house was full of books, and everybody wondered where I got all the money from. My grandmother had told me, "Never tell anyone that you get money from me, because if your father and mother come to know they will start asking me for money, and it will be difficult for me to...

... refuse." She went on giving money to me. You will be surprised to know that even the month she died she had sent the usual money to me. On the morning of the day she died she had signed the check. You will also be amazed to know, that was the last money she had in the bank. Perhaps somehow she knew that there was not going to be any tomorrow. I am fortunate in many ways, but I was most fortunate...

... for understanding. He is puzzled - because he is very rich, a billionaire - about why Kendra wants to be here, even when she cleans the floors, does manual work. It is beyond his comprehension - because he thinks money can buy everything, and he can give Kendra everything she wants. But it will be a great problem: even if Kendra goes with him out of compassion, he knows deep down that he is the...

... blissfulness, he could not see your silence, he could not see your love, he could not see anything: he was simply asking, "What are these people doing here?" And what is he doing in Hollywood? Earning more money? These people are certainly not earning more money; they are earning more being, earning more love, they are earning more sensitivity, they are earning more spiritual growth, they are...

... earning more life - and finally, they are earning God. They have a thousand and one reasons to be here, and to be in Hollywood you have only one reason: earning more money. But what are you going to do with money? At the age of thirty he is as dead as someone should be at the age of ninety; all his senses are gone. Perhaps he is only available to more money and more money. And if he thinks that by...

... having more money, he can have love, he can purchase love, he can purchase truth, virtue.... Anything that is really valuable is not purchasable, anything that is valuable has no price on it and anything that has a price on it, is only for very mediocre minds. For those who don't know the flight of an eagle because they can only hop on the ground, the question arises, "What is that eagle doing far...

... to be with his father, and not to be with his mother, because the father is very rich, and all his money is going to be in his hands. He will be one of the richest men in America when the father is gone. But I am concerned about the son; the son is going before the father. If he can be here just for a few months, perhaps seeing so many alive people, living in this dancing vibe, in the presence of...

... because I have taken his mother and now I'm taking his girlfriend. But being here he can have both the girlfriend and the mother, and more important is that he can save himself from dying. Money kills people, becomes a weight on their heart. I'm not saying that people should not have money. They should always remember only that there are higher values than money. Use the money to reach to the higher...

... values; make money the stepping stone. It cannot purchase those values, but it can become a stepping stone. Question 3: BELOVED OSHO, SEVERAL YEARS AGO MY WIFE SAW YOUR PICTURE AND SAID, "THERE IS AN ENLIGHTENED MAN." I SAID, "THEY ARE ALL FAKE, AND INDIA'S CASTE SYSTEM AND POVERTY ARE EVIDENCE OF THAT." I AM A FOUR-YEAR-OLD SANNYASIN, AND SHE IS NOT. WHAT HAPPENED? Antar Rituraj...

... THE WORLD, THAT NOW I CAN GO AND DO THOSE THINGS, "WHAT A WOMAN HAS TO DO, A WOMAN HAS TO DO." TO GO OUT INTO THE BIG, WIDE WORLD, MAKE LOTS OF MONEY, IMPRESS EVERYBODY AND GO DOWN IN HISTORY. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF THE LAST THREE YEARS IN THE COMMUNE AND LOVED IT. BUT RECENTLY, NOW THAT I AM THE CLOSEST TO YOU THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN, ALL THESE FANTASIES OF FAME AND FORTUNE EMERGE. WHY CAN I...

... fulfillment: "Now I can go and do things." And what are the things? "What a woman has to do, a woman has to do." And very strange things a woman has to do. "To go out into the big, wide world, make lots of money, impress everybody, and go down in history." The end is not very interesting - go down in history? Or go down the drain? Going down in history means going to your...

... graveyard. History is only a chronicle of those who are dead. Strange idea you have ... "What a woman has to do, a woman has to do." I have never thought about it. Whatever a woman has to do she can do here. Why go into the wide world? "Make lots of money." What will you do with the money? Create a charitable trust? You cannot eat the money, and you cannot live by money alone - and not...

... just money to survive but lots of money. Have you ever thought about what you mean by "lots of money"? Is there a limit to it? Because "lots of money" can mean anything. And how are you going to earn lots of money? Just by doing "what a woman has to do"? Don't be stupid. There are many stupid women outside and they are doing their job, earning lots of money, and getting...

... and she was ready to offer her body. Certainly she remained the empress of Egypt, with lots of money, and did everything that a woman has to do. But these kind of ugly creatures are not to be imitated. Only her physical body was beautiful, but her spirit must have been mean, utterly mean. In love, you can give everything - your body, your mind, your soul - and it is a great experience. But for money...

... woman, because meditation has nothing to do with your body; neither does it have anything to do with your mind. In meditation you are simply and purely consciousness. And consciousness is neither male nor female. The moment you understand your consciousness, all desires for money, fame, power, impressing people and going down the drain into history, simply disappear. You have not cleaned the weeds...

... beautiful silences of the heart. You have been joyous, in spite of this underlying conspiracy. And this underlying conspiracy of your mind is now convincing you that you are ripe: "Now there is no need to be worried about the world, you can go into the world." For what? A person who is ripe in meditation cannot even think of having lots of money, going down in history, and "what a woman has...

... Babylonian Talmud: Baba Bathra 50         Previous Folio / Baba Bathra Contents / Tractate List / Navigate Site Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Baba Bathra Folio 50a a second, the one assigned to her as special surety for her kethubah,1  and a third which she had brought him [as marriage] dowry, and for the money value of which he made himself responsible [to her].2 ...

... not apply to the second because the slave is not "under" him.'16  He [R. Meir], holds that possession of the increment is on a par with possession of the principal.17  'R. Judah says that the rule of 'one or two days' applies to the second [the purchaser], because the slave is "his money", but not to the first, because he is not "his money".' His opinion is that the possession of the...

...' (Zon barzel), which the wife makes over to the husband from her dowry, on condition that the husband is responsible to her for its full money value, whether he makes a profit or a loss on the transaction. [The term tzon barzel has a parallel in Roman law, pecus ferreum, and is not limited to a specific property arrangement between husband and wife but applies to every form of conveyance of property...

... servant with a rod and he die under his hand, he shall surely be punished. Nevertheless, if he continue a day or two he shall not be punished, for he is his money. If the original owner smites him during this time and he survives a day or two, he is not guilty of murder, but if the purchaser smites him, even if he survives a day or two, he is guilty of murder. B.K. 50a. The 'increment' here is the...

... "his money".' R. Jose is uncertain whether possession of the increment is on a par with possession of the principal or not, and where there is a doubt whether capital punishment should be inflicted the more lenient view is always taken.1  'R. Eliezer says that the rule of a day or two days applies to neither; it does not apply to the purchaser because the slave is not 'under' him, nor to the...

... original owner, because he is not 'his Money'.'2  What, said Raba, is R. Eliezer's reason? Scripture says, He shall not be punished, for he is his money, which implies that he must be entirely his own.3 NOR HAS A HUSBAND HAZAKAH IN THE PROPERTY OF HIS WIFE. But has not Rab said: It is necessary for a married woman to protest?4  Now, against whom [does he mean]? Shall I say against [occupation...

.... There are many people -- "many" is not good, almost all -- who are addicted to preparation. They earn money with the idea that some day they are going to enjoy; and they never enjoy. By and by they forget about enjoyment and they become so addicted to earning money that money becomes the goal. Money is a means. And in the beginning they also had the idea that when the money is there they...

... will enjoy -- they will do whatsoever they always wanted to do and could not do because the money was not there; when the money is there they are going to live really. But by the time money is there: now they are disciplined to earn and they have forgotten how to spend; then money becomes the goal. Then they go on earning, earning, and they die. Patanjali can become an addiction -- then you prepare...

..., then you go on earning money, methods, but you are never ready to dance and enjoy. That's why I go on talking about Lao Tzu, so that whenever you feel that now you are ready, suddenly Lao Tzu hits deep in the heart and you take the jump. When I talk on Lao Tzu I say I "talk Lao Tzu,' because from where he is talking, I am standing there. Whatsoever he says I would like to have said myself. I...

... happened: A very rich man became frustrated with his riches -- as it happens. In fact this should be the criterion of whether a man is rich or not. If a man is really rich he is bound to be frustrated with his riches. If he is not yet frustrated he is still a poor man; he may have money, but he is not rich -- because a rich man is bound to know that whatsoever he has has not satisfied him a bit. The deep...

... more? A few million more? But he cannot use those few million because right now he does not know what to do with his money. He has already more than is needed. In fact, the more money you have, the less is the value of the money. Value depends on poverty. One rupee in a poor man's pocket has more value than the same rupee in a rich man's pocket because the poor man can use it; the rich man cannot use...

... it. The more money you have, the less is the value. A point comes of saturation when the money is of no value -- whether you have it or not makes no difference; your life will continue the same. To be rich means to destroy the value of the money; then the money is valueless. You have the house that you wanted, you have cars that you wanted, you have everything that you wanted -- now the money is...

... ready to purchase the eyes. And just a few hours before, you were saying you have nothing -- and you are not ready to sell the eyes? And you were going to commit suicide. And I have persuaded the king to purchase your ears also, your teeth also, your hands, your legs. You demand the cost and we will cut everything and give the money to you. You will be the richest man in the world." The man said...

... category of people, the warriors, the kshatriyas. They have all the power, all the money, but they accept the priest as higher than themselves. They go and touch the feet of the priest because this way the masses who are following the priests and the religion are for the king. What humility, what humbleness! -- and it is sheer politics. The third class is that of the businessman. The brahmin is poor...

... the society is given to the businessman, who is the richest -- richer than the warriors, richer than the brahmins. Because of his richness, he is accepted as just below the kings. In India, kings have been borrowing money from businessmen. There were no banks in the past; the business people had all the money. They were providing kingdoms with all the money they needed, on loan, on rent, on interest...

.... The king needs money for the army, for new invasions; the king needs money for all his glory and show, marble palaces, golden thrones. From where is he going to get it? The poor brahmin cannot give it to him; the poor brahmin is used as the support for the masses. Businessmen cannot be used for that purpose, because the masses are poor, and are always against the rich. Even ten thousand years before...

... Karl Marx, the poor was always the communist. He may not know the word, but he can see that he is being exploited. He works hard from morning till evening. He works the whole year, and then too he is hungry. He produces everything, but everything is taken away by the businessman who has provided him with seeds. The businessman gave him money for his daughter's marriage. So all the poor people are in...

.... He does every kind of work that is needed by all these three classes. The businessman is the mediator. He exploits, he accumulates money. He is happy, although he is third in the position. He can purchase the king, he can purchase the brahmin; who bothers that he is third grade? He knows perfectly well that money is the highest power. The king is indebted to him and the priest has to depend on him...

... wants. It is just courtesy that he touches the feet; otherwise, he can cut off his head. The brahmin also knows it. The king is not worried that he is second class even though he is king. He knows that it does not matter what class you put him in; he is the master. He can kill the priest. He can take all the money from the business people. It is just courtesy that he takes it on interest. And he never...

... pays it; no king has ever paid back. There is no need. You cannot ask -- he has all power in his sword. For centuries he has been taking money and never paying it back, so whatever interest you want, he is willing to give. He is going to give neither the original money nor the interest. Nobody has ever done that; it is just not done. But the businessman can enjoy the idea that the king is indebted to...

... him. Without him he cannot rule the empire. It is his money and his power, and naturally he takes advantage of it. Licenses will be given to him, he will have first chance in every opportunity, because the king depends on him for money. It is a beautiful and very psychological arrangement that all feel great, all feel on the top. The sudra, who is the fourth, also feels deep down that without him...

... against the rich. And the poor man cannot even imagine revolution, because he has not been allowed any kind of education. He has been prohibited from any contact with the society of the three higher classes. He lives outside the town: he cannot live inside the town. The poor people's wells are not deep, they cannot put much money into making wells. The businessmen have big, deep wells and the king has...

... money will be distributed equally. And the man who could have been interested in communism, the fourth class, is so unintelligent, is so much in the grip of the priest, that you cannot convince a poor man in India that he is poor because he has been exploited. I have tried; it is impossible. He will go on saying, "No. It is my fate, my karma, and please don't say anything which disturbs me...

... only making shoes. They have never done anything else. They are not allowed to do anything else; the system is so strict that no movement is possible. A shoemaker's son, whatsoever he wants, cannot move into another profession. He will not be accepted anywhere. These politicians and priests are ambitious for power. There is another ambition - - the ambition for money, because that is also a power. So...

... the past in India -- and everywhere else, too -- was the power of the sword. And third is the power of money. These are the only three powers; and these three kinds of people, rather than fighting with each other, have divided their areas, which is simply intelligent. They have divided their areas and they don't interfere in each other's area. The great mass which is exploited by all the three in...

... that can be easily done: you just have to create more and more communes where there is no lust for power, where we are not against money, we are not against clothes, we are not against anything; where we want our sannyasins to live luxuriously, comfortably -- nobody is to exploit their labor and nobody is to dominate them -- and where the plumber is as much respected as the professor, there is no...

... actually mean? When things are nationalized, everything goes into the hands of the politicians: all the factories, all the fields, all the money, everything -- people included, because people are no more people, they are commodities. So in Russia something very special has happened. For the first time all three have become one. That's why Russia -- the whole country -- has become a great prison, a great...