>elitist twentieth century Russian-American prose writer Vladimir Nabokov

And how Mr. Dmitry Babich will characterize himself, other then well established fact that he is twenty first century Russian correspondent with implacable credentials, which included stint in well respected (at the time) Russian periodical Komsomolskaya Pravda? I vote in word “strong” as in

 

“Ах Моська, знать она сильна,коль лает на слона!”

 

- George