AMEXPAT (EN)Information for Americans exploring expatriation. No fees or personal sign-up required.World Citizen Award- January 31, 2006 There are few people of whom it may be said "he saved the world". In 1983, a Soviet officer earned that rare honor. By refusing to immediately launch a massive IBM response to what eventually proved to be a false alarm, Lt. Col. Petrov literally destroyed his career and now subsists as a retired pensioner in Moscow on US$200 a month. He was recently recognized for having gone against the grain by exercising the moral courage to follow his professional judgement and common sense rather than...http://www.amexpat.com/display_0062_en_rss.html |