Broadcaster Lesin

The scene depicts the office of Press Minister Lesin. Mikhail Yuryevich has just received an order from the president to restore the tower and begin broadcasting. In the center of the office, Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov is raging.
LUZHKOV:
What's happened?! What will I tell people?!
Can I leave the office?
Restore the tower
we won't -
Moscow has no money for this!
It fell there, it burned there...
The city is turning into Chechnya!
LESIN (softly):
Yur-Mikhalych, you are not aware of the matter.
Let me explain to you.
(He squeezes Luzhkov’s hand with an iron hand. He turns pale.)
LUZHKOV:
I'm ready to get off with little.
Torment the seal as you wish,
But on our cable channels
I don't allow you to broadcast!
Your RTR is not our taste!
I will not change my principles!
LESIN (gently):
Yur-Mikhalych,
you just don't know.
Let me let you understand!
(He squeezes Luzhkov’s other hand with an iron hand.)
LUZHKOV:
By God, it’s easier for me to shoot myself!
The center seriously finished me off.
But leave me the “Capital” channel!
This is my own channel!
Maybe I'm not as strong as I used to be
But you can't kick me...
LESIN (meekly):
Yuri-Mikhalych, they didn’t explain it to you.
Can I explain it to you, dear?
(With an iron hand he squeezes Luzhkova something else.)
LUZHKOV:
At least give me a promise -
Here, with me,
with the city father:
Revive Moscow broadcasting
We'll start with the TVC channel!
Please don't misunderstand me
And end this dispute peacefully...
LESIN (affectionately):
Yur-Mikhalych, what don’t you understand?
What do you still not understand?
(Raises an iron hand. Luzhkov retreats in horror. Broadcasting in Moscow and the region is restored to its previous volume.)
Dmitry BYKOV.