Viktor Chernomyrdin
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdinwas a Russian politician. He was the first chairman of the Gazprom energy company and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia. He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s, and a participant in the Russian transition from a planned to a market economy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. After that he was designated as a presidential adviser...
detail great pleased spoke stand
I'm very pleased with this visit. We spoke in great detail about all our business, about where we stand in our negotiations.
agreement believe conduct discuss enable impossible reach stop talks
I believe there must be compromises, and it will be impossible to discuss talks without them. We have to reach an agreement to first stop bombings to enable us to conduct talks.
balkans both difficult needs russia searching settling understand ways
Both Russia and the U.S. understand now what's really going on at the Balkans and what needs to be done. We were searching for ways of settling the conflict, but it's a difficult task.
problem resolve talks trying useless
What talks can there be otherwise? It is useless trying to resolve the problem under bombs.
party trying communist
Whatever organisation we try to create, it always ends up looking like the Communist Party.
wanted
We wanted the best, but it turned out as always