According to him, the country’s economy “hit rock bottom” in the first quarter, which could lead to a crisis.
Zyuganov also suggested that the situation this fall could resemble the events of 1917, when the communists came to power.
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Take it back to what, though? The 1990s? I guess that’d be an improvement. What they really need is progress. Is there any kind of progressive movement in Russia?
It would not be an improvement - do you have any idea how bad the 1990s were in Russia?
There’s a reason that Putin has high support, and it’s not all manufactured. It’s that the Yeltsin shock therapy was really traumatic - largest peacetime drop in life expectancy in recorded history.
There was, but it was all stomped in the very beginning.