“In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years.”
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And this system sorted out the Chechen war in just 20 days. This way, I used the President's power, he didn't use me. It wasn't hard for me to leave - it isn't my scene. I have nothing to do there.
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You must go deeper into Russia - 150 kilometres from Moscow or more, and look there. The kids are fed with cattle feed - people don't get paid for half a year.
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I am a Soviet man, and Yeltsin is a Soviet man - maybe our grandchildren will be different.
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I counted on sixty days only, but I held out for 133. I didn't go into power, but to get power I borrowed some power from the President and made him sign a number of decrees and give me enough power to create a system capable of handling crisis situations.
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I have equal contempt for both left and right radicals.
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