noteworthy wrote:
"We wanted the best, but it turned out as always."
-- Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian prime minister, 1992-1998; now, a billionaire oligarch
Found in a recent review of "House of Meetings", by Martin Amis:
Chernomyrdin was referring to a disastrous episode in the Kremlin's attempts at economic reform that he oversaw in the early 1990s, and his statement has become a popular sardonic proverb among Russians.
See also:
Not every country can count on its prime ministers for comic relief.
But then again, not every country is Russia.
And on page 386 of Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall, By Andrew Meier.
At one point they were going through prime ministers so quickly the eXile did a cover like, "New Prime Minister: Who Gives a Shit!"
