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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

A page from the World of New Russians Dictionary featuring a mocking rendition of Leonard Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” (c. 1490).

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Oleg Kulik and Alexander Brener, “Rabid Dog or the Last Taboo Guarded by a Lone Cerberus,” 23 November 1994

A snarling, nude Oleg Kulik (1961-) attacks cars and strangers on the street, while his friend, Alexander Brener (1957-), pulls on a chain attached to his neck. 

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