The Election That Ended Russian Democracy - June 12, 1991

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On June 12, 1991, I stepped off a Delta flight in Moscow, walked out of the National Hotel on Mokhovaya Street, and found myself in the middle of Russia's first free election. A stranger handed me a Yeltsin campaign poster. I still have it framed in my home office.

 That day, the most democratic moment in Russian history is also where Vladimir Putin's Russia begins.

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Richard G. Backus
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Richard G. Backus
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The Election That Ended Russian Democracy - June 12, 1991
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