Adam Michnik...

...resurfaces:

The Russian Godfather: A View from Poland

 From Solidarity to Democracy

Adam Michnik: 'We Must Stop Putin'  (Video at this site)

Polish Dissident Adam Michnik: 'We Are Bastards of Communism'

 "Adam Michnik is editor-in-chief of Poland's leading daily and its most prominent former dissident. In a SPIEGEL interview, he talks about the threat of authoritarian regimes in Eastern Europe, the decline of the region's political culture and feelings of being treated like second-class citizens in Europe."

 He's right. Something went horribly wrong for Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Soviet Union.