So the generals were going to save Russia in spite of politicians.

First, one has to inquire whether any amount of aid, however massive, can save Russia and the other republics from imploding.

The political message seems to be that they are men of action who can save Russia.

He had little faith in the provisional government, feeling that nothing short of a miracle could save Russia.

The RI colonel had convinced himself that he was on the take in order to save Russia.

It is also the source of an idea that could save Russia.

"We cannot save Russia, only Russia can do that," a senior official said.

But other soldiers fought to save Russia.

And in so doing, he'd saved Russia, perhaps--but a country was supposed to be saved from within, not without.

I do not understand why the European Union should lose face in order to save Russia's.