Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he remains the archetypal homo sovieticus, a strong man whose addiction to power is as strong as his instincts for crushing dissent.
La douăzeci de ani de la prăbușirea Uniunii Sovietice, el rămâne arhetipul homo sovieticus, un om puternic a cărui dependență de putere este la fel de puternică precum instinctele sale de zdrobire a disidenței.