Explanation: This is 1996, and it is old enough to be history (pre-2000).
This is also not the weekend.
Yeltsin’s authoritarianism was known since at least the 1993 Constitutional Crisis in Russia. Tanks firing on the Duma.
Everyone thought Zyuganov would be a Soviet hardliner, and his commitment to democracy was highly dubious. Whoever won, democracy would lose.
Funnily enough, Bill Clinton gave Russia an IMF loan to stave off defaulting. However, the timing helped Yeltsin a lot. Thus, Russians claiming “Clinton’s USA interfered in the 1996 Russian Presidential Election”.
Pesec1 on
Chances are, your vote for Zyuganov would have been counted for Yeltsin anyway.
Russian democracy was dead and buried in 1993. It just took people 1-2 decades to accept that.
Goofcheese0623 on
Thank goodness things have improved since then
MikeSifoda on
Exactly like the US two party system
The-marx-channel on
Did Zyuganov drunkenly dance on stage? Yeltsin patriots keep on winning
philosophycruiser on
Iranian regime took great note of this.
EmperorOfAllCats on
Ironically, flag placed in such way that the cow cannot enter, everything is already decided behind the closed curtain, she won’t see inside ever.
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Explanation: This is 1996, and it is old enough to be history (pre-2000).
This is also not the weekend.
Yeltsin’s authoritarianism was known since at least the 1993 Constitutional Crisis in Russia. Tanks firing on the Duma.
Everyone thought Zyuganov would be a Soviet hardliner, and his commitment to democracy was highly dubious. Whoever won, democracy would lose.
Funnily enough, Bill Clinton gave Russia an IMF loan to stave off defaulting. However, the timing helped Yeltsin a lot. Thus, Russians claiming “Clinton’s USA interfered in the 1996 Russian Presidential Election”.
Chances are, your vote for Zyuganov would have been counted for Yeltsin anyway.
Russian democracy was dead and buried in 1993. It just took people 1-2 decades to accept that.
Thank goodness things have improved since then
Exactly like the US two party system
Did Zyuganov drunkenly dance on stage? Yeltsin patriots keep on winning
Iranian regime took great note of this.
Ironically, flag placed in such way that the cow cannot enter, everything is already decided behind the closed curtain, she won’t see inside ever.