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minus-square@TransplantedSconie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoThat’s what happens when you have a population crushed of any hope it will get better for forever. They had a moment in the 90s when the USSR collapsed, and they could have cemented their democracy. Instead, they elected Boris Yeltson. When Yeltson needed someone who wouldn’t prosecute him for his corruption. Enter Putin, who has ruled ever since.
minus-square@avrachanlinkEnglish1•10 months agoif you care to read up about anything, Yeltsin won the 96 election with US suppot. “they” would have elected a communist.
That’s what happens when you have a population crushed of any hope it will get better for forever.
They had a moment in the 90s when the USSR collapsed, and they could have cemented their democracy.
Instead, they elected Boris Yeltson.
When Yeltson needed someone who wouldn’t prosecute him for his corruption. Enter Putin, who has ruled ever since.
if you care to read up about anything,
Yeltsin won the 96 election with US suppot.
“they” would have elected a communist.