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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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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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“It’s all Chubais’ fault!”
The political satire show "Kukly [Puppets]" mocks Anatoly Chubais, a key architect of the disastrous early-1990s Russian privatization push known as "shock therapy." From Episode 47, “Hostages,” which aired on NTV on 27 January 1996.
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The pro-Yeltsin propaganda paper “God Forbid!” subjects Communist presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov to blistering critique
An anti-Zyuganov cartoon published about a month before the first round of presidential elections in 1996 compares him to a Godzilla-sized dog owner training an entire city to “Beg!” for a slice of Soviet mortadella—liubitel’skaya kolbasa.
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“Iceberg,” an anti-Zyuganov television spot
An animated political ad from 1996 reminds viewers of the awfulness of the recent past, identifying Communist Gennady Zyuganov with Soviet brutality and empty sloganeering.
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