Go into politics and come back

“Go to politics and return” - memoirs of Sergey Stepashin, Prime Minister of Russia in 1999. By this moment, the posts of the director of the FSB, Minister of Justice, and Minister of the Interior were on his track record. Moreover, he was never a classic "security officer". He came to the FSB (at that moment the agency of federal security) from people"s deputies, having visited the chairman of the State Commission for the investigation of the KGB. He left this post on his own decision after the death of hostages in Budyonnovsk. Has always been open to the press. He made fun of himself. When he, Colonel General, was approved for the post of prime minister, he said: "I don’t kick, my surname Stepashin". And to the surprise of friends and opponents, he was approved by the State Duma for a high post the first time, which in those years happened infrequently.
Until August 1999, Sergey Stepashin was considered one of the most real candidates for the presidential chair. The forecasts have not come true. Does Stepashin regret this? Why political