Mr. Stepashin said he expected this response and was glad the letter included some praise.

斯捷帕申先生表示，他对回信的内容早有准备，同时也为信中包含了某种赞扬而感到高兴。

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Stepashin, who recalls staying up two nights as a 10-year-old so that he could finish Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection," Shared the sense that the writer was getting short shrift.

斯捷帕申先生还回忆自己十岁那年，曾用整整两个晚上阅读托尔斯泰的小说《复活》，分享作者临终忏悔的感受。

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Stepashin described the visit - made while he was director of the Federal Security Service, successor to the K. G. B. - as an emotional experience that he has never been able to shake off.

当时还是联邦保安部负责人的斯捷帕申先生描述说，这次参观是一次令他永远难以忘怀的感情经历。

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The main objective for both sides during Mr Stepashin's visit was to project at least the appearance of normality.

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But Mr Stepashin's assurances of good government and openness would have carried more weight if his entourage had not included the notorious Yevgeny Nazdratenko.

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It helps that Mr Stepashin, aged 47, is a more engaging personality than the ponderous Viktor Chernomyrdin, 61, the last Russian prime minister to visit Washington, in March last year.

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