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