Word: artyom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...buried my sister today," the old man sighs from the backseat. "She was a veteran of the war." The driver, Artyom Dobrovolsky, glances at the rearview mirror and nods. He has a talker. As he dodges the ubiquitous potholes and noses ahead of less intrepid drivers, Artyom settles into conversation. Like most Moscow taksisty, he doubles as paid listener and anonymous confessor. He is a collector of stories from passengers of all kinds, a street chronicler of life in a fractured society...
...sister's comrade, who lost an arm at the front, gave the eulogy," the man continues as Artyom starts up Prospekt Mira, a broad avenue leading away from downtown. "She reminisced about fighting to save the Soviet motherland. She sounded so old-fashioned; people stared at her like she was a dinosaur. But she couldn't help herself. She still believes...
...power, doctrinaire communism went into a six- year tailspin. But the turmoil of recent months has given the cause fresh life. Many of the party's new vanguard deny they want to turn back the clock, and yet the Kremlin has begun targeting for investigation prominent private businessman Artyom Tarasov, a self-made Moscow tycoon...
...businesses and even joint ventures involving foreign firms, and to carry out audits of their wares, cash holdings and accounts. The crackdown is supposed to wipe out the black market, but it may well trample underfoot the first fragile growth of free enterprise. Said Deputy of the Russian parliament Artyom Tarasov, a new Soviet entrepreneur: "This is no longer the politics of the free market but the politics of discipline...