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President of the Russian Tennis Federation, who knew former president Boris Yeltsin, during an interview with sport-express, he shared a small fraction of the memories of one of the creators of the modern Russian state. It turned out that, unlike many of his contemporaries who were in power, Yeltsin did not use obscene language and, in extreme cases, used, as one former deputy prime minister put it, “certain euphemisms.” How long have I been in — I never heard a single swear word from Yeltsin. I just didn't use a mat. The strongest curse — “A Japanese God!” It replaced everything,” Tarpischev said.
At the same time, he also noticed Yeltsin's charisma: even his sworn critic and enemy and joining his office switched to a very politically correct style of communication.< /p>