17 DECEMBER 1994, Page 61

Support from Siberia

Sir: Through the kindness of one of your readers I became a subscriber of The Spec- tator last summer. The Spectator is a bril- liant magazine, very clever and inquisitive. It has an excellent sense of humour.

I am proud to be the only reader of The Spectator in Siberia.

Andrey Zakharov

Deputy of the State Duma (Parliament) of Russian Federation, The State Duma of Russia, 1 Okhotny ryad Street, Moscow