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S1: 5. Blowback

The Coming Storm

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The Transition to Democracy Is Not Going as Many Had Hoped

By 19 96, Russia was on the verge of collapse. The transition to democracy is not turning out as many had hoped. There's an election coming up and if yeltsin loses, the communists are going to get back in. For many russians, it was a scary prospect. And that's where michael capute came in. He worked for a pro democracy organization funded by the us Government. By night he immersed himself in the culture of a nation emerging from its own dark shadows.

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