[Gennady] Yanayev, who was probably making sure the mark was still in place, was the worst sort of Party nonentity. He was a vain man of small intelligence, a womanizer, and a drunk. I'm not sure it is possible to describe just how hard it is to acquire a reputation as a drunk in Russia.
-David Remnick in Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
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