Quote Originally Posted by N
No, he don't need. He marked the word "liberal" with inverted commas, you see. It means "so-called liberal" - they (our reformers) identify themself as liberal but they aren't indeed. But, neverthless, the West is in sympathy with them.

In Russian people call them "либерасты", "демокрады", "дерьмократы", "общечеловеки" и еще дофига таких же и более грубоватых выражений
First, talk about yourself that way, not for all Russians.

Second, you'd better follow scotcher's advice. You and Scorpio really mix up democracy and liberalism, as many Russians do. Meanwhile, these are completely different concepts, almost orthogonal. Yeltsin was liberal by all accounts. He just wasn't a real democrat.

Third, Scorpio, do you really think all that charts prove Yeltsin's guilt? Well, I know you do. Don't you think it's an oversimplification? Of course, he was in power and so he was responsible. But it's just not that simple to blame him in everything.