Of course, what Russia had in the late 1980's and early 1990's wasn't institutionalized democracy, but revolutionary excitement. It was expected that out of this sea of democratic emotion new political institutions would emerge.
当然，俄罗斯在上世纪80年代末及90年代初所拥有的并不是制度化的民主而是革命的骚动。人们期望新的民主政治制度能够从民主情感的汪洋大海中浮现。然而，政治生活却沦为一种形式。虽然没有了苏维埃的压迫，国家与社会之间的疏远却与苏维埃的年代如出一辙。