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# Alexander Prokhanov on the arrival of two presidents and their meeting on the red carpet
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/prezidenty-vykhodili-iz-svoikh-samoliotov-odnovremenno-odinokie-bez-svity-spuskalis-po-trapam-budto-skhodili-s-neba-dva-poslantsa-dvukh-velikikh-tsivilizatsii/
- Published: 2025-08-17T19:33:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:41:17.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Society

> The presidents stepped out of their aircraft at the same moment, solitary, without retinue, and descended the steps as though two envoys of two great civilisations were coming down from the heavens. They walked along the red carpet, drawing closer, and it was frightening to think that they might miss each other, pass one another by, board their aircraft and fly back, each to his own galaxy.

Alexander Prokhanov