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And amongst the chaos, amidst the euphoria, it took me a little while to understand that some of the people who had wielded power before 1989, in Eastern Europe, continued to do so after the revolutions there.
Et parmi le chaos, au beau milieu de l'euphorie, ça m'a pris un peu de temps à comprendre que des gens qui avaient exercé le pouvoir avant 1989 en Europe de l'est, continuaient à en faire de même après les révolutions.
It was a bit surreal to see the former president, who had wielded so much power before, now sitting in the dock like a common criminal.
C'était un peu surréaliste de voir l'ancien président, qui avait exercé tant de pouvoir autrefois, maintenant assis sur le banc des accusés comme un criminel ordinaire.
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