FbF Book Club - Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia (Prep)
Prep for Chapter 8 - The Black Treasury of the Yeltsin Campaign
The deal has been struck.
The crown jewels of Russian industry have been privatized and sold off to a cartel that rigged the auction. In return, they must support Yeltsin’s 1996 re-election efforts despite his catastrophic polling. Communist Zyuganov was way ahead and the alarm bells were ringing.
How did they pull off his win?
The Oligarchy rallied arou…