In a gesture of ‘generosity’ so meagre that the insult can only be deliberate, the Russian Duma has approved compensation for the children of Stalin’s victims. The amount? About $3 per month. In addition, these lucky folk will receive one free, presumably round-trip, train ticket each year. Well, I suppose that this is an improvement of sorts. When Moscow gave their parents a free train ride to the Gulag, it was, all too often and all too horribly, just one way.