Courtesy of Popbitch, here’s a wonderful little Boris Yeltsin anecdote. He was being interviewed by a British journalist:
Journalist: “So, President Yeltsin, how would you describe the state of the Russian economy in one word?”
Yeltsin: “Good”.
Journalist: “Okay then Mr President, perhaps you would describe it in more than one word?”
Yeltsin: “Ah, in that case – not good.”