Vladimir Milov: "Borya"

"Dear Borya!

You were an outstanding son of our Russia. You gave us hope in the 90s among all this crowd of wretched red directors, yesterday's party apparatchiks and yesterday's Komsomol members, busy only with dividing up Soviet property in their favor. During that turbulent time, you did not grab anything for yourself, which was atypical for a person with your status as a “potential successor.” We all remember this.

I remember well how you burned your reputation by standing up against B. and G.’s attempts to grab Svyazinvest for themselves, which cost you your career - when Yeltsin later told you that he was “tired of defending you.” I remember how you tried to carry out real reforms, at a time when no one cared, and these “everyone” were running between Tanya and Valya and the IMF, and you were one of the few who thought about the country.”