Where is the world heading? And Russia - with this world or outside it? Does everyone's civic position influence the development of our state? Sensible politicians, economists, historians, and public figures who care for their homeland are trying to answer these questions. And not only them. This essay-reasoning by an ordinary Russian is a way of understanding the current political and economic situation of the country, the moral state of its society. By putting thoughts into text, the author passes them on to his readers.