Peak hour №1 22.08.1994 (1994)

The guest in the studio is writer Alexander Kabakov, who talks about the idea behind his dystopian work "

The Defector", about the role of a prophet of the future that is imposed on him, about the current political situation in Russia, about the "

cold civil war"

and its imminent possible end, about the everyday life of modern society and the emergence of issues of solving current problems by citizens, discusses the concept of "

freedom for all", about uncertainty about the future as an active engine of progress, about the reasons for uncertainty about the future, talks about the situation and problem of human survival in modern society, without party and state funding, about his natural optimism, about global warming, about democratic freedoms in Western society, about the socialization of society in the West and the provision of guarantees to various minorities, makes disappointing forecasts for the West on this topic, talks about the reduction of social guarantees for the population of Russia, about the first attempts to regulate social guarantees in the West, about amendments to the Constitution, about modern advertising on television and its artistic value, about "

teaching"

people freedom, answers phone calls from TV viewers about his views on the relationship between men and women (synchronously).

Photos by A. Kabakov.