The Role of Media in Russian Democracy
20 years ago, Boris Yeltsin ran the first Western-style presidential campaign in Russia. Was it a step towards democracy or did it lay the foundations for further authoritarian rule? By 1996, Yeltsin was already extremely unpopular; how did he manage to get reelected and did the nascent Russian free press play a biased role in the process?
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