Russia: Time of Reckoning
The Russian parliamentary elections of December 1995 have dealt a crushing blow to Yeltsin’s Government. Two die-hard opponents of economic reform, Communists led by Zyuganov and an extreme nationalist party of Zhirinovsky, have emerged as the top vote-getters with 22% and 11 % of the popular vote, respectively. The weak showing of reformist parties – […]
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