1989
According to the Houston Chronicle newspaper, Yeltsin ?roamed the aisles nodding his head in amazement?, especially excited about frozen pudding pops and free cheese samples.
In his own biography, Yeltsin wrote: ?When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people.?
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