Nevertheless, for most of his presidency, Yeltsin kept alive – albeit with many tactical retreats – the goal of economic reform. At some level, he sensed that Russia’s potential could be unleashed only if the government either faced down, or bought off, the special interests – military, industrial, and agricultural – that stood in the way.
不管怎样，在他任总统期间，虽然有许多战术后退，叶利钦始终没有放弃经济改革的目标。在某种程度上，他意识到了只有挫败或买断作为路障的特权阶层—军事的，工业的和农业的—俄罗斯的潜力才能发挥出来。1998年俄罗斯经济危机之后推行的正统的经济做法，为俄罗斯现在的持续经济增长奠定了基础。