Aleksandr Lebed
Politician
1950-04-20 – 2002-04-28
Aleksandr Lebed was a Russian military officer and politician. He served in senior military roles and later entered electoral politics, including the presidency race in 1996 and governorship in Krasnoyarsk Krai. He died in a helicopter crash in 2002.
Books by Aleksandr Lebed
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General Alexander Lebed
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Quotes by Aleksandr Lebed
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And this system sorted out the Chechen war in just 20 days. This way, I used the President's power, he didn't use me. It wasn't hard for me to leave - it isn't my scene. I have nothing to do there.
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First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and businessman a thief against his own will.
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For 73 years a totalitarian regime ruled the country. Totalitarian regime.
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As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh.
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