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dar and one did not vote. But they were all in agreement about one thing. They were sick of politics and politicians.
“All they do is promise, promise, promise. But what do they do?” said the no vote polka dot lady as she punched the air viciously, thumb in fist, the European version of the American single digit. And Zhirinovsky, I asked? “He is crazy and says stupid things. He wants to close the borders, he promises cheaper sausage, cheap vodka, higher salaries in one year. You cannot believe anyone!”
I went into my room and turned on the TV to witness a huge banquet to celebrate the voting of a new constitution and of the election process itself. A busty blond moderator was filling time between different bleary eyed speakers by repeating endlessly, “Happy Political New Year.”
Monday, Dec. 13
The “Happy Political New year” turned out to be an April Fool’s joke. The leading reform champions-Gaidar, Yavlinsky and Yeltsin himself never showed up at the previous night’s Political New Year’s Eve party. Much of Moscow was in trauma.
But not my driver, Anatoly, who met me promptly at 9 a.m. for my first meeting. He is 50, his father was Ukrainian, his mother from Ryazan, in Russia. His one son is visiting America and wants to be a ballet dancer. His wife works in a hotel.
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