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...done for the world. It has been," he added, "an inspiration to all of us." Yeltsin smiled and gave a surprising response. The date, he noted, was March 2, which is the birthday of his predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev. "I think we should drink a toast to Mikhail Sergeyevich," Yeltsin said, "and to everything he accomplished...
There are personal compensations for the loss of power. Gorbachev: "Raisa Maximovna and I have more time together. The rest doesn't matter. Above all, we appreciate that over all these years, we have stayed like friends." Raisa: "To understand Mikhail Sergeyevich, you have to understand where he started from and what he has managed to do. And if you could only know how we survived over the past seven years, how many sleepless nights we spent, how much worry there has been." Gorbachev: "It is humiliating to complain...
...those who could read Gorbachev's lexicon of looks saw something more going on last week behind the remarkable show of self-control. The brilliant sparkle in his eyes that used to keep visitors riveted in place seemed to flicker out. Confided a close Kremlin aide: "Mikhail Sergeyevich knows how to take criticism. But this has come as a crushing blow...
...deal with that in due course. I can guarantee that everything will turn out all right. I talked with Yeltsin today, and he said to me, "Mikhail Sergeyevich, as far as I am concerned, there will be no actions on my part that will lead to confusion in the armed forces...
...conversation was drawn out past 9 p.m. Then Rutskoi intervened -- a strong and handsome man, pleasing the eye, one of the pillars of the earth. "Mikhail Sergeyevich," he said, "it is high time we discussed what we do next. We will not let you fly on the ((presidential)) airplane they ((the plotters)) arrived on. ((It was still unclear whether the coup had been totally foiled, and they were wary of using the easily identifiable presidential plane.)) We will take my plane. It is parked on the same airfield but at a distance from yours. It is closely guarded. I brought...