A special country. She ran from above. Start september 16th on d, w. Ah, ah. 1991. Up to 74 years of communism, the russian people with 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. Ah, but give them my fee. Lovely idea, right beyond the idea of live, you know what brand new love for you. I all know what i was in the morning. Give me the lawyers pavilion ah, riding on a wave of Popular Support and with the armies blessing yeltsin from us to lead his people into a brighter future. Some are gone down. No, jim, with someone my father gave people the most important thing to go to freedom for park, and i had a me, the years of his presidency, our synonymous with his, the 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 cart of change and ending communism in this country. It buck which is common use mama with the strength. 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 fancy to win the president ial election short for june. 1996. Thus thrashed, la fare was rampant in the kremlin. I bolster us the oxen himself was not afraid only by you, but everyone else was really afraid of anybody else. The struggle against the communist saw 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 now merely the aging head of a clan and his lucille. Well no wireless sir. We were all worried about the election. My father was exhausted from his 1st term, had been very hard with one crisis after the next. You can use the radio gear war sausage. His popularity had dropped by the end of 1995. It was at rock bottom of us that are his approval rating. Was may be 3 or 4 percent. Salina will get very close to the door for 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 new rule, gruesome, good gospel for open momento, but just fall off. Ah, it was only a few steps from crisis to catastrophe that the burst of g d p had fallen for 6 years in a row, for the problem went far beyond backpack and the states lack of money, ensuring a lot of people no longer had any source of income during the scholarship, it was the same with the military for digital doors, a social earthquake was looming, colossal millions had lost their jobs and social standing there. Mila disrupting mil offered a particular a bottle with aristotle shot with crime exploding in 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 red. The banners of protest as 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 lead a good 92 gun off was seen as the clear favorite for the upcoming election. I got that all the moment below. No no, no, no, no on that you did not want to know the unit on the level that was the record. Nobody knew impala wondering about them. Oh oh. Oh sure. She knew what we felt we were facing absolute disaster. You going off to cough in the pause frederick and we had less than 6 months left under paula cordon was fellowship and patricia miss all shamar so felt really to source and shifting between paralysis and panic. We just wanted out. Of course, all the russia of sharita begin. So really what were putting australian lawyers, heart attacks and bypass surgeries repeatedly, forced yeltsin to take extended periods of time off and profiting from the power that came was his old guard led by alexander cordial. Cough head of president Security Service, along with deputy Prime Minister all exhaust corvettes and the head of the secret service. Michelle bazooka, of course, a coffee formed discreet hour 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 ends. Not less severe cuz were less than that one computer. We followed the standard path of the russian economy that warmly. We started with trade stub because you dont need factories and machines public. We just graduated from university and had nothing gotten 11, oops, and you become sick with a little golightly or then we realized that trade needs capital. Nice. Except we had not dollars and the easiest way to get capitals was to open in your bank listening blank. No mean you move um you could be shopping on the door and if not a minute. When i started my bank, i had 50000000. 00 in us. It was slows. It was the girl girl is goes with will go to me. The social no. There was no group of contacts, no business community, just a number of people whose paths kept crossing. I was, it was the launch, it is, it was mainly through come and contact just a good that it wasnt possible to build up 1000000000 dollar empires without the state 1000000 mean bidding in business for just an example. 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, absolute law schools must have 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, stuffy, sure. London through your portal, you can call the menu several times. You mean corsica . Was there very active and of course sauce competitive. Basically yeltons whole got evil and then we thought age, why not reach out of business . You must summarize. I asked them, what do you expect from Business People business to stay. They said that they show solidarity and responsibility trucks that they understand the field in loses the communists will put them all in jail. For up against the wall least im a shifted most if possible, 3 posters to loud communion. 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. Currently as locally issued through by the most suitable stock ticket. Im a nasty and cunning man. I this is agreed that wed get the money before the elections of that and the relevance assets would be transferred off to wagging 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 local use of what he of 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 and the banks were lending their depositors money. Bankruptcy 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 good through, does your earliest as good a new year started . Begley maloneys 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 . It wasnt privatization roster, but misappropriation of state, as actually lou or brewster, its a bullet as he shania listings 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 him, so well choose ok. And so we missed out on that historic opportunity that were whether thats when 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, its good, good, any of so okay, but just get the g. You can see how much support there is for this idea, the amended the u. S. C. 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 or a lot in there, but you can off 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 may have heard that even the i m f has brought this rubbish about to change no reform course. I still laid 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 work i used to grow, the felt beginning a graphically barely wait till id. Just g. Darcy, bow where you go follow because they are food for go ahead a form that be like on 3rd up is that always the officer . He preferred it was more bay, but there is a point that our balcony wavy is my brown authority. Presumably, buffalo de boy a caught up, well just go with our 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 usa pepper we were afraid or the west was afraid. Hyper cole, in particular, was very afraid of having to deal with a new personnel at the head. There was an unconditional interest. As lawyers say that under no circumstances would any one other than yelton become president , ask us you dont want to remit practical shows dot to yet sin. And one thing i wanted to ask has to do with the i m f. Loan of 9000000000. 00. Ill be meeting, come to sue, and would like to ask you to use your influence to perhaps had a little between 9 and 13000000000 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 king dont are the jackal regions and understood very well. The limits of, of the i m f katie. And he never tried to force me into doing anything. She emma, for cinema. Where you go, e n, a posse be did, says pseudo alpha, we saw an opportunity to finally bail the country out. Now we saw that it had been following the rules for years. Yeah. Managing its economy as it should do, despite all the structural floors. It dont. So it was our duty to complete the 3 year plan and easy to program. This was on it. Dont macabre us a you see, hopefully i see you soon. Good. Although the rip of this, youre the media, the dodo thought, was 10000000000. 00 or the 3 years i said you, of course i was right, just commentators immediately scream to 10000000000. 00 for russia right before the elections. Its a political cou, put the i m f has no right on that. Come to sue, is campaigning for yeltsin right there and i found it wonderful sir. There was a suit vote her. Yes, in. Knew never but dont talk soon, but the only choice we had was to support this plan in the had not let the coming election stop us. I guess if you do not doing what we did, we did 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 of 20 points ahead of yeltsin in the polls. The incumbent president. He to weigh 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 roster along 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 staples of bringing up as thought will absolutely be matched. Windowed lube was the girl. No, no. The concierge. After each session that came usual drinking, they all said what was on their mind, which was pretty straightforward on us. 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 level larger than the such the city that louise 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. The 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 nicolette yell . Since all business would say everythings great, were 100 percent behind you for business said if nothings good, such him to cut us off here the young lady, but as negotiable, anybody of my, anybody else in was shocked on. He said, your numbers, ronnie, the polls are good on their well them, which powers know the socio logistics. What of human intelligence . Thats all they have no idea about sociology or their liars and hideous authority. And i me tell you, or you want to hear up change or so again, you primary principal words much of the cancer was what if you will grant with a you order with a run though, dollars of almost what was ugly, the bankers couldnt believe the old gods incompetence, said a pu could shaft, decided to bring in political campaigning experts. Tactful jewels store job share swaim in louisiana america. I spoke with friends in the u. S. I cited selection time here and maybe you know, some bright people who know what kind of balloons will need and what to write on them when you decide he execute damage or rather frobisher and what kinds of fireworks we need. So people start liking this president daniel as well, but he didnt think of rosalie canoe bit bit better in washington d. C. President bill Clintons Campaign manager saw an opportunity youre 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, tracing his team arrived in moscow on a confidential mission. Yeah, absolutely. Of how to put them in the Hotel President. So tell me what they could come up with for us to go on. You normally deal with the american advisors oclock 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 with proven to return of totalitarianism to mother russia. They shove a couple of primitive polls at us and basically few shows. Yelmans 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 of the hotel, president the team did what theyd learned in the us. Organizing podium discussions with voters, but early feedback was disastrous in saint petersburg, they hated him for the war in chechnya. With insurance dam that yeltsin, hes not a person, hes a murderer. Bloody me are they blamed him for corruption. For if he also continues, we will have a mafia. Government were alarmed, yeltons old got proposed a different scenario. You have to still go, did you get the summer in sElection Campaign sheet or like south of yet and the head of his security team. Alex on the course of i strongly action, but owning the election really do, which was odd