It was absolutely brutal. Shargunov was on such a tear that I even regretted asking him to be "more aggressive." "we and the meat should rip out that snout that's covered in down". That's the mildest image he used. Seryoga is, of course, a really great catch for Mironov. I hope that over there in A Just Russia they "make friends" with Yura Lopusov (or somehow sort out their competing interests) and that both of them stay. And yes, it’s also safe to say that the newspaper "MK" (Moskovsky Komsomolets) won’t write a single good word about shargunov for the next hundred million years. The attack on Gusev was just WAY too vicious. I was sure he’d get up and walk out, but Gus' — good for him — kept his cool and didn’t make it personal himself. Yegor Konchalovsky was also on fire — he was supposed to be the judge, but talked more than the actual debaters. Turned out to be a great guy, by the way. Pleasant, funny, and totally unpretentious. He carried all the dull parts. that’s it. sleep.