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Something similar happened with the Motherland party, which was a spoiler for the communists, but in the end it gained too much popularity and they began to crush and strangle it.</p>
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Lebed was also able to quickly and easily negotiate peace in Chechnya, which sharply increased his popularity.</p>
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That's really propaganda works wonders. Shameful surrender to the bandits, lifted the popularity of the Swan to the skies.</p>
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And the tongue-tied, narrow-minded general almost became king. And if Yeltsin had died during a heart operation, then Tsar Swan might have appeared.</p>
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More precisely, he would certainly have won if Chernomyrdin, well, and Zyuganov would hardly have been promoted.</p>
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But Lebed missed the moment... The media created a new star in the person of Boris Nemtsov, but even that did not burn for long. In fact, Nemtsov is in Yeltsin's team, and life is not getting better, but only getting worse. And the prince went into disgrace.</p>
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Putin himself owes Chubais that he took him to Moscow. After Sobchak's defeat in the elections, it was possible to go to jail.</p>
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But there was no happiness, and misfortune helped. The defeat of Sobchak helped to move to Moscow. And if Anatoly won the election, she would have to remain deputy, and the whole course of history was different.</p>
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In the same way, as well as further zigzags in a career. For example, many doubted whether it was worth appointing a lieutenant colonel to the post of head of the FSB? And even more so to give the post of Secretary of the Security Council.</p>
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Moreover, Rybkin suited Berezovsky quite well. But Yeltsin had an excessive itch for change.</p>
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When Primakov became prime minister, it seemed that he would be chosen as his successor. Old Yevgeny Maksimovich suited everyone as a compromise figure. Maybe, except for Berezovsky. There was enmity with him. At first, Berezovsky wanted to stick Aksenenko instead of Primakov. But those around Yeltsin quite reasonably considered that Zyuganov and his faction might not vote. And new elections to the State Duma would lead to the triumph of the communists.</p>
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And already there was no reason to cancel the elections and violate the constitution.</p>
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Yeltsin himself did not want to make another coup. And he and the October events were enough. And almost died from the heart.</p>
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Stepashin more or less satisfied some of the communists. Although they did not want to make her successor either.</p>
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I must say that the impeachment attempt was not particularly dangerous. So the Supreme Court was under the control of the Kremlin, and would certainly have wrapped up the impeachment.</p>
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Zhirinovsky did not save Yeltsin, but dropped his rating. After that, the Kremlin actually wrote him off.</p>
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It's even strange, Zhirinovsky actively supports Yeltsin, and the Kremlin media drown him.</p>
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They say that he did it for money. They even hit right in the stomach.</p>
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For example, Leontiev, a faithful protege of the Kremlin, first showed how Vladimir Zhirinovsky calls Stepashin an agent of the CIA and Mossad, and then how the same Vladimir Volfovich lavishes compliments on the candidate for premier.</p>
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Well, what will a Russian who watches this think: it goes without saying that Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky is the last, political prostitute. And you can't vote for that.</p>
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That is, the Kremlin media drowned Zhirinovsky, despite all his loyalty to the authorities, and discredited him in every possible way.</p>
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Only when Putin became stronger in power, the attitude began to change.</p>
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In fact, why strangle Vladimir Volfovich if he so zealously supports the Kremlin.</p>
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In addition, Berezovsky came up with a cunning combination to force part of the protest electorate to vote for the Liberal Democratic Party instead of the communists. First they refused to register Zhirinovsky's party. And then, as it were, the registration was restored. And they split the list.</p>
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As a result, the media kept talking about Zhirinovsky. But still, he scored a little, a little more than six percent.</p>
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And when there were presidential elections, Zhirinovsky again refused to register.</p>
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And again a scandal ... They thought to make Vladimir Volfovich third, but as it turned out, he was a weakling.</p>
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And the attempt at a temporary alliance with the communists only led to an increase in Zyuganov's popularity.</p>
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An alliance with the communists seemed like a strong move, but, oddly enough, the liberals suffered the most from this.</p>
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And the communists lost little ...</p>
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For the time being. It must be said that Putin was often lucky despite his own efforts. In particular, he ordered to cheat Zhirinovsky - it did not work. But on the other hand, they have similar electorates to Zhirinovsky, and if Vladimir Volfovich got ten percent, then a second round would not be avoided, and this is already a defeat. And so the difference was only two percent.</p>
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And then the failure with Zhirinovsky turned into a blessing.</p>
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Or the reform of the Federation Council. The Communists, with whom the Kremlin was flirting, opposed the reform. But the offended liberals and the Primakov bloc for some reason supported the reform. Although Primakov is connected with Luzhkov and other governors.</p>
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Stupid people...Yabloko and SPS warned that they would be Putin's next victim and would be buried along with the Federation Council. But they went like stupid sheep to the slaughter.</p>
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And the communists are smart - they immediately figured out what it smells like. But others were not smart enough.</p>