MOSCOW, March 24 for the fact that the country's leadership rested on its laurels, lost touch with reality and was unable to manage political and economic processes, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in a long interview with leading Russian media, including.
«Let's be honest, no one expected the collapse of the Soviet Union. And why did this happen? Because the leadership rested on its laurels, lost touch with reality, could not manage political and economic processes, overspending and also got into a very difficult situation because of the position of our opponents,» Medvedev said.