The long shadow of the 1972 olympic massacre start september 3rd on d. W. Ah. Ah. 1991, up to 74 years of communism, the russian people were tasting democracy. The man, embodying a new era was president boris. Nikolai, of each, he had said, the former soviet communist official had left his party weeks behind and become a radical reformer. What did i see . My boy . I g right beyond a brand new one by your 5 year, ah, a with a warning, a riding on a wave of Popular Support and with the armies blessing. Yeltsin from us to lead his people into a brighter future. Summer glove though and o jim with some one. My father gave people the most important thing. She wore the freedom of bark and i have for me the years of his presidency, our synonymous with his sacrifice for the country. Ah, he said, neither his own hel, nor his standing or his family. He should be and nothing was more important to him than putting russia on the path of change and ending communism in this country. It buck which is common use mama will destroy. Ready new jets in liberalized the economy by forcing through changes that at the same time left a lot of his people in poverty. With many wishing to turn back the clock, a communist candidate was fancied to win the president ial election scheduled for june 1996 london thrush, la fare was rampant in the kremlin. I will was thrust. Elton himself was not afraid only by you, but everyone else was is really afraid. I dont know why yes. The struggle against the communist. So the kremlin rushes new entrepreneurs and western powers joining forces determined to have yeltsin reelected whatever the cost. This is the story of the most involved and bitter Election Campaign in russian history. With 1995 Boris Yeltsin was tired and sick, making any occasional appearances in the kremlin and even then only for a few hours publicly and privately hed lost his old dynamism. The one time man of the people was now merely the aging head. If a clan civil no wireless, sir. We were all worried about the election. My father was exhausted at the at them. His 1st term had been very hard with one crisis after the next. You can use the radio gear war style such as popularity had dropped by the end of 1995 and it was at rock bottom of us. But his Approval Rating was may be 3 or 4 percent seeing a bullet get very close to the door for us. So the reason yeltsin had wanted a rapid transition to a market economy resulting in mass unemployment and devastating inflation. The state could no longer pay Public Sector salaries and pensions. So the name of good career. So give us over an open one more minute off, but just fall off. Oh, it was only a few steps from crisis to catastrophe that the birth of g d p. Had fallen for 6 years in a row. The problem went far beyond backpacks and the states lack of money, ensuring a lot of people no longer had any source of income going latortia. It was the same with the military position. There was a social earthquake was looming, colors or millions had lost their jobs and social standing doesnt really wanna. The shopping will offer. They put her a bottle with their established, with crime exploding and hopes of a new freedom seemingly dashed russians blamed yeltsin, who was also involved in a dirty war. After having promised to quit victory or the chechen separatists now he was responsible for thousands of fatalities. Im ashamed of the president. Stop the war and get rid of yeltsin. Read the banners of protesters. The president remained silent. In light of his disastrous record, he even hesitated to run for reelection at the risk of leaving the field to communist candidates. 6 months before the president ial election, the successor to the soviet communist party won a majority in parliament. Its leader, good 92 gun off was seen as the clear favorite for the upcoming election. I got that all to go below. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no on that you got a note of it on a note. What is your new impala one youre welcome. Oh oh oh. Oh sure. She knew what we felt. We were facing absolute disaster zagan off to cough in the pause frederick and we had less than 6 months left. From under paula corda must fellowship and patricia miss the walk shamar so felt really to soften to get shifting between paralysis and panic. We just wanted out, or of course all the to really begin. So leading were put in Australian Lonely heart attacks and bypass surgeries repeatedly forced yeltsin to take extended periods of time off and profiting from the power that jim was his old guard led by alexander, cordial cough head of the prison secuity service along with deputy Prime Minister all exhaust corvettes and the head of the secret service. Michelle bazooka, of course, a coffee formed discreet. Now a cartel facing the communist thread, they sought support from another faction. Bankers, a small circle of individuals who understood how to use yeltons radical liberalization policy for their own ins. No severe exquisite. Were smears than that one computer we followed the standard path of the russian economy that warmly. We started with trade that go because you dont need factories, machines public. We just graduated from university and had nothing to do from 11, oops. And you become sick with a little golightly or then we realized that trade needs capital was amazed except we had not dollars. And the easiest way to get capitals was to open a new bank loosely blank. No mean. You know, the more me on to be shopping on the door and snuggled my mute. When i started my bank, i had 50000000. 00 in moscow. Slowest or gas girl is close with will good to me. The solve still know there was no group of contacts, no business community, just a number of people whose paths kept crossing. I was, it was on launch. It is, it was mainly through come in contact with good that it wasnt possible to build up 1000000000 dollar empires without the state 1000000 lean bidding in business, lusting 0 so okay. Poca chop was among the 1st millionaires to be received in the kremlin. Where yelled since old god was seeking supporters for the upcoming elections. Clearly of c absol dirt law schoolmaster rosena, everyone was talking in the kremlin is tentatively and doubtful. What can we do to get yelton reelected . Kirk he is the law. Ah, as darcy sure, london through your political we met you several times. You me a call back office there, very active and of course soft competitive basically yeltons whole got evil and then we thought great, why not reach out of business . Sheila subject . I asked them, what do you expect from Business People business to . They said that they show solidarity and responsibility trucks that they understand the fields in loses the communists will put them all in jails or up against the wall. Least of shifted most if preferred. 3 posters to load when used. The bankers didnt take the threat to seriously, but sense that the kremlin concerns could be very profitable for them. Yeltsin urgently needed money to pay salaries and pensions. They wanted access to russias natural resources, oil, nickel, and coal. So they proposed a deal, the cream of the industry in exchange for fresh capital. Mm. The site was granted. Loans with the bank is getting shares in return a process known as privatization. Mm. Sure. Co, oddly as lovely sheet through bulletin will. Sure to bolster up to that, im a nasty and cunning man. I. This is agreed that we get the money before the elections of that and the relevance assets would be transferred afterward, getting her hip. And i said, dear oligarchs, think morgan, theyll give us the money to run, but they wont get anything back yet. Washing out that they will one year from now is agreed to saul, but only if yelton remains president. She woke up with preserved doctor you from what your company did you want then cabinet minister Anatoly Tobias did not say. And not every one in the kremlin understood was that the state was effectively being loan its own money. Got up a little bit the nozzle which of the school. When i heard about this, i could see the logic in the banks were lending their depositors money. Bankruptcies and the depositors were largely state owned enterprises. Left with the private sector, had hardly any money. As boucher, all the liquidity available came from the finance ministry from customs duties from the Oil Companies feel which had been privatized with, didnt come by, gives them a group group. Does your earliest escape a new . Yes. Awesome. Because the millennial is thought in for me. There was some in criminal about it stories, i was afraid that after the elections, even if yelton one, yes, we would have to answer for it to produce. So it was criminal. Can malone, is it wasnt privatization roster, but misappropriation of state, as actually lou or brewster if the blood of his shania an old roasting. So that this obs listed who is gather together with them. Both of them is discovered. Sure. Cook, we also try to bid on one of these privatization, but nothing came of it, so would choose. Whoops. And so we missed out on that historic opportunity that were whether that so in that its her chance is that each year in business . Yeah. So it came to be that a dozen men took control of roughly half of the nations assets. The word oligarch appeared in the press for the 1st time that winter, 6 months before the president ial election, as millionaires became billionaires, while the people were left empty handed yet and endeavored to douse the rising flames. By dismissing the packs all such vice while being weary of perverse in the privatization process, his rivals, yukon of publicly, criticized to move at the World Economic forum in davos, 5 months before the election. The communist party leader took to the stage with a decidedly anti capitalist message. Mister zagan off, would you support a re constitution of the soviet union . Ah, is good any of that. Okay, but just get the g. You can see how much support there is for this idea, the amended the usb has been practicing privatization for almost a 100 years through studios. And were supposed to catch up in the space of 2 years old boy thought a simple truth has been forgotten, hopelessly privatization, but it is, of course, to make her company work better look through the chief corresponding prophets. So the word privatization is out of place. But in that long, but it with you here in simple mrs. Bruce and destroys the production base, or you are a little trainer. But a lot in the bud you cannot to be on the international stage. Was the success for yeltsin and the front as the 1st post cold war president , he saw the west is his domain and the key ally in the upcoming election. He immediately called his american counterpart bill clinton. Mm. I had to remove tobias. I was not in a good position to keep him in my campaign. I guarantee that the course of reform and democracy was that you might have heard the even the i m f has brought this rubbish about to change no reform course. I have to lay their payments of 9000000000. 00. I hope you might push them a little. You know, i support you. Ill see what we can do. My intention on february, the 15th is to announce my desired campaign, but this is off the record. Like i used to grow the felt very graphically barely wait till id just g. Darcy, do we go police because they are food for go ahead or form that be the cancer it up. The 0 with the orchestra. He preferred it was more bay, but there is a point that are going to be way me. If my brown a 4th year, presumably the follow d boy, a caught up with just a we were thalburt program, give appeal to him. Abel. Prima a Financial Aid was not long coming. The day after his announcement yeltsin received german chancellor, helmut kohl in the kremlin loy say, fred bird, we were afraid or the west was afraid. Hyper coal in particular, was very afraid of having to deal with a new personnel at the head. There was an unconditional interest as lawyers say, under no circumstances, would anyone have of the nelson become president . Ask us you do want to make practical shows dot yet sin. And one thing i wanted to ask has to do with the i m f. Loan of 9000000000. 00 . Ill be meeting com to sue and would like to ask you to use your influence to perhaps add a little between 9. 13 to deal with social problems in this very important pre election situation and help people. I support concluding a new agreement. Ill do some work on it. The clinton or the jekyll regents and understood very well the limits of, of the i m f t and he never tried to force me into doing anything. She and the fossil m william good. Yep. Awesome. He did says super. Ill say we saw one opportunity to finally bail the country out. Now we saw that it had been following the rules for a year with managing its economy as it should duty, despite all the structural flaws it dont. So it was our duty to complete the 3 year plan and easy to program. This was on it the makeover us a you see, hopefully i can soon go to follow the report. This you are the media of the dodo that was 10000000000. 00 over 3 years. I said you, of course i was righteous. Commentators immediately screen to 10000000000. 00 for russia right before the elections. Its a political cou. Put the i m f has no right. Come to sue is campaigning for yeltsin re dana founded by the 5th sir. There was a suit vote der . Yes, in new neville, but dont talk soon. But the only choice we had was to support this plan in m a had not let the coming election stop us. I guess if you do not doing what we did, we do not have been neutral. It would have been giving our vote tissue gone off. So a devoted for procedure enough. As the campaign circus rolled on, the candidate of the people seemed to be denied ease. Youre gone off. 20 points ahead of yeltsin in the pulse. The incumbent president heat away in the kremlin, refusing to get involved in the Election Campaign. He loathed western style theatricals, and kept the press at a distance. Yet some left preparations to the old guard with their tried and tested methods. Surveillance and coercion does a booster lump the nursery hall with the old girl just as well but immovable. Understand that none of these people had experience in running an Election Campaign. After the 10th meeting with south cordette senior, i knew he had no idea what was the staples of bringing up our store will absolutely be immensely. Windowed lube was the gas. No. The concierge. After each session that came usual drinking, they all said what was on their minds, which was pretty straightforward oclock. We had the k g, b, the interior ministry, the army or what else to we need. We have the government, we have the kremlin for those really were there argument, lima. Nor was more than the such the serious that luis, ah, now in february 1996, 4 months before the 1st round of voting. Yeltsin stayed true to his thinking and relied on the power of the presidency. The oligarchs feared this might not be enough. By now, they controlled the most Important Media outlets in the country and close ranks. Oligarchy were ready to throw their resources into the arena, provided they had a man in the kremlin to watch out their interests. In the new Campaign Team was headed by Anatoly Tobias, a former deputy Prime Minister under yeltsin. What is my college yell since all business would say everythings great. Were 100 percent behind you for business said nothings, good. Whats up to him . You could have shot he had a young man, but as negligible. Anybody else may anybody else in was shocked on. He said, your numbers are ronnie, the polls are good on there with them, which policy know the socio logistics. What do you mean intelligence . Thats all they have no idea about sociology or their liars and hideous authority. And let me tell you, you want to hear up change of saudi newberry principal worlds. Much of the cancer was worship grant. With a you could run though, dollars of almost what was ugly. The bankers couldnt believe the old gods incompetence, said guy, pooh could shaft decided to bring in political campaigning experts, tactful Jewelry Store . Yeah, shares swaim in louisiana america. I spoke with friends in the u. S. I. So i did selection time here and maybe you know, some bright people who know what kind of balloons were made. And what to write on them when you decide he execute damage in london. Frobisher and what kinds of fireworks we need. So people start liking this president daniel as well, but he didnt think of rosalie canoe bip in washington d. C. President bill Clintons Campaign manager saw an opportunity you talking about a country that had the ability to blow up the world. There were 2 at the consequential that, that not fall into the hands of the communist. I propose to clinton that he ask yeltsin to hire my former Business Partner guy named dick dresser. He said that way, dressing, it will do. The polling for yelton and dressing. It will show me, his poli, ill bring it to you in the white house each week. And you tell him, well figure out what you need to tell yelton 3 and a half months before the election. Dick tracy and his team arrived in moscow on a confidential mission. Yeah, to salute yoga. I put them in the Hotel President. So they tell me what they could come up with for us to, to call our new normal good deals. The american advisors got down to work meetings. So gay, pooler chalk, who they called the all powerful bank up. They were given an initial quarter of a 1000000. 00 to make sure forest remains the most powerful man in russia. By friday, you guys will be working in moscow to prevent a return of totalitarianism to mother russia. They shove a couple of primitive polls at us and basically few shows. Yeltsin is now at 5 to 6 percent of the vote. Running about 20 points behind the leading candidate, which was the communist candidates gone off and running 56. 00 and not very clear that he could even make the run off. On the 11th floor, the Hotel President s, the team did what theyd learned in the us organizing podium discussions with voters. But early feedback was disastrous in st. Petersburg, they hated him for the war in chechnya were injured. Damn that yelton. He is not a person. He is a murderer. Warm bloody mere. They blamed him for corruption. Oh, if he often continued, we will have a mafia government. We alarmed yeltons old god proposed a different scenario. Ah, your functional record you to live there were stumble. Yes, in sElection Campaign chiefly on exhaust of yet, and the held of