Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

  • Rated 7.6 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2021
  • 52m
  • Documentary
  • History

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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Director
Madeleine Leroyer
Starring
Boris Yeltsin, Tatyana Yumasheva, Sergei Pugachev, Anatoly Chubais

Cast

  • Boris Yeltsin

    Boris Yeltsin

    Self (archive footage)

  • Tatyana Yumasheva

    Tatyana Yumasheva

    Self

  • Sergei Pugachev

    Sergei Pugachev

    Self

  • Anatoly Chubais

    Anatoly Chubais

    Self

  • Gennady Zyuganov

    Gennady Zyuganov

    Self (archive footage)

  • Alexandr Korzhakov

    Alexandr Korzhakov

    Self

  • Mikhail Fridman

    Mikhail Fridman

    Self

  • Helmut Kohl

    Helmut Kohl

    Self (archive footage)

  • Michel Camdessus

    Michel Camdessus

    Self

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Self (archive footage)

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