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«Bit by bit, I recruited them all - the bikers and the hooligans, the anarchists and the skinheads, the Communists and the religious fanatics, the Far Right, the Far Left, and most of those in the middle. (...) it wasn't enough to have a monopoly of power, we would also need a monopoly on subversion.»

«In early August, the old bear [Yeltsin] picked a new prime minister whom most people had never heard of. Vladimir Putin's nomination met with general skepticism. (...) "There'll be someone new to take his place in two months anyway." Putin saw it differently and didn't plan to waste any time.»