Boris

The scene depicts the dining room of a modest dacha in Barvikha. There are plates on the table
with borscht, dumplings, herbs. At the table are Boris Yeltsin and Boris Nemtsov.
YELTSIN:
You eat, eat... We, in the end,
You already ate half a pound of salt.
But why did I call you, Nemtsov:
I forgot something actually.
Everyone says: you, Yeltsin, wow!
You provided help to all of Russia...
But I myself don’t remember a thing!
What did I do, don’t you remember?
NEMTSOV (choking in surprise):
Well, I don’t remember... I’m your prime minister!
You and I were real eagles!
You burned down the parliament, for example...
YELTSIN (with annoyance):
Yes, I remember how I burned down parliament!
There you throw a bone, and there you drive a wedge,
But in general there is no result.
But what did I do? What the hell did I do?!
NEMTSOV:
For example, you drove Korzhakov away.
He held the government in his fist,
Arguing rudely with me and Chubais...
YELTSIN (with irritation):
But I brought it closer myself.
What did I do? What did I do, Borya?!
NEMTSOV:
You forced the KGB to remain silent...
YELTSIN:
And replaced it with court detective!
NEMTSOV:
You created a free press...
YELTSIN:
And he gave it to Berezovsky and Gusinsky!
NEMTSOV (fidgeting):
Well, if I start listing -
I'll become boring, like a bore!
For example, we entered Chechnya with you!
YELTSIN:
And we still haven’t gotten out of there!
Having sifted my work through a sieve,
What will we find there other than dust?!
NEMTSOV (having made up his mind):
We Democrats love you because
Thank God you didn’t kill us!
Saved us from prison and from scrip
And they allowed us to take possession of water and land.
Is it easy not to kill people like us?!
YELTSIN (after a pause):
Yes, that's right. Eat, Borya, eat.
Dmitry Bykov.