<blockquote>'..an anonymous high-ranking GRU official, Kosygin is described as "a lonely and somewhat tragic figure" who "understood our faults and shortcomings of our situation in general and those in our Middle East policy in particular, but, being a highly restrained man, he preferred to be cautious.".. Following Brezhnev's death in 1982, the reform movement was split between Yuri Andropov's path of discipline and control..
- Wikipedia,
Alexei Kosygin</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
'..The Kremlin can pretend whatever it likes.''Russia .. has to withdraw from Ukraine to gain relief from Western sanctions..''Rule of law emerges from property rights.' - Karen Dawisha ("Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia?")To Nikolai Patrushev: '[Gaidar] warns Russia..'</blockquote>