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“The yes-man is your enemy, but your friend will argue with you.” -- Russian proverb, quoted by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in Warning to the West, 1975.

(I can't find it in Russian, though. If you can, please comment?)

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[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

The "official text" is, in fact, in English. It appears that way on Solzhenitsyn's (Russian) website and on Russian electronic library websites. So, while the Russian text must have existed (the English text is the author-approved translation), it doesn't seem to be public.

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, and the Russian proverb is Недруг поддакивает, а друг спорит.

From a digitization of Vladimir Dal's dictionary:
http://www.slova.ru/book_page/1/388.html

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Thanks!