yeltsin called me to report his meeting with leonid kravchuk and stanislav shushkevich, the presidente and belarus. in fact, he was still with them in the room of the hunting lodge, not far from brest. today, yeltsin said, a very important event took place in our country. and i wanted to inform you personally before you will learn about it from the press. 25 million of our compatriots found themselves outside our country, helpless, confused, defenseless, and the collapse continues, the village is dying, agriculture is dying. do you know how many military educational institutions were put under the knife from 1992 to 2015 ? factories stop, at other military factories, who make dryers, who make tanks, the controlling stake goes to foreign investors, battleships are sold for pennies. and all this happens with a smile, with a pat on the shoulder, all from this, from this lack of vigilance, sobriety, in every sense of the word, what we come to, this is what god bless america. the consumer appears and displaces the creator. the standard of living is determined by the level and quality of en