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rounded himself with advisors who understood nothing. It was possible to make changes without destroying everything. Yes some good things have happened but it wasn’t necessary for all this suffering to have occurred.”
Tuesday, Dec. 14
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Chemogolovka is a science city an hour from Moscow and consists of formerly “closed” branches of the Russian Academy. I chatted about the general state of affairs with Volodya, the driver who had been sent to pick me up.
“And what about Zhirinovsky, to what do you attribute his success?” I asked.
“He agitated a lot” replied Volodya. “He was very active and stirred people up with lots of promises~he will stop crime, restore employment, restore the Union.”
“ What do people know about him?” I queried.
“Not much, his past is dark, but he speaks three languages,” he said.
Later during our drive, I asked him if he thought on balance things were better or worse as a result of all the changes since perestroika began.
“Better” Volodya said without hesitation.
“Why?” I inquired.
“I can go buy any kind of TV I want now if I have money-Sony, Hitachi, whatever~and I do not have to wait in line, I don’t have to bribe the sales lady to do special favors in
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