Do svidaniya, Mr Yeltsin April 23, 2007
Posted by ocmpoma in : politics, society , trackback
At the BBC, CFR, and The Economist. The Wikipedia article.
My short, pithy take: Yeltsin was willing and able to seize the moment in 1991; but he was far from capable enough to handle the aftermath. His failures were all the greater given the hopes that were riding on him. The idealist in me, however, will always remember the man who stood on that tank on a summer day.
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