Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

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Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left the majority of Russians dissatisfied with Yeltsin… and willing to vote for the communist leader Gennady Zyuganov. Yet six months later, Yeltsin won the election with nearly 54% of the vote. How did that happen?

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Photo of Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Gennady Zyuganov

Gennady Zyuganov

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Grigoriy Yavlinskiy

Grigoriy Yavlinskiy

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Alexander Lebed

Alexander Lebed

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Yury Vlasov

Yury Vlasov

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Boris Berezovsky

Boris Berezovsky

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Vladimir Gusinsky

Vladimir Gusinsky

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Naina Yeltsina

Naina Yeltsina

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

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