I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.
I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.
These guys were the real owners of the country, and for them to discuss with this young guy who becomes a member of the government was absolutely unacceptable.
In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government.
I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990.
During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them.
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