S1: 5. Blowback
The Coming Storm
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How to Get Yeltsen to Be Reelected
Michael caputo had idea back in 19 92. He'd seen how a series of rock concerts called rock the vote had mobilized young people to support bill clinton. In the end, yeltzin won by controlling the media and funnelling vast amounts of state cash into his campaign. Russian democracy never really recovered. The transition to democracy has created not a land of milk and honey, but of hyper inflation, mass unemployment and bandit capitalism. From b b c radio four and world service, this is the coming storm.
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