Clash!

"On january 3, 1992, a meeting of Russian and American scholars took place in the auditotium of a government building in Moscow. Two weeks earlier the Soviet Union had ceased to exist and the Russian Federation had becom an independent country. As a result, the statue of Lenin which previously graced the stage of the auditorium had disappeared and instead the flag of the Russian Federation was now displayed on the front wall. The only problem, one American observed, was that the flag had been hung upside down. After this was pointed out to the Russian hosts, they quickcly and quietly corrected the error during the first intermission."

The Clash of Civilizantions and The Remaking of World Order, Samuel P. Huntington.