Explore: Year » 1996

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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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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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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Kommersant’ by Vladimir Kharchenko and Rada Ltd, 1991.

The Ukrainian video game attempted to represent the rough transition to capitalism via a detailed, simulationist interface.

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The Raspberry Blazer

The origins and significance of the raspberry blazer as an iconic element of the “New-Russian” wardrobe in the early 1990s.

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