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Yeltsin "sleeps through" Ireland

The aftermath of the "Shannon diplomatic incident," in which Yeltsin, having slept through a meeting with Irish leaders while his plane sat on the tarmac at the Shannon Airport, confronts Russian reporters back at Vnukovo-2 in Moscow.

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Grigory Yavlinsky of the Yabloko Party runs for president, 1996

Grigory Yavlinsky’s 11-minute presidential campaign ad from 1996.

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Evgeny Kiselev intervenes in the “Xerox affair,” 20 June 1996

A special broadcast on the "Xerox affair" by Evgeny Kiselev of "Itogi"

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World of New Russians Dictionary

Page from the "World of New Russians Dictionary" with a mocking Vitruvian man.

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Oleg Kulik and Alexander Brener, Rabid Dog or the last taboo guarded by a lone Cerberus, Nov. 23rd, 1994. The street outside Marat Guelman’s gallery, Moscow.

A snarling, nude and chained Kulik attacks cars and strangers, while Brener pulls on the chain, both are in a public street.

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