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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]

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!