Танцуют все! Парламентские дневники 1996 года

M. : 2014.

Isakov V.

Under the general editorship: Isakov V.

The content of the final book of the Parliamentary Diaries was made up of the difficult events of 1996. S. Raduev's hostage-taking in Kizlyar and Pervomaiskoye. Opening of the first session of the State Duma of the new second convocation. The struggle of factions around the candidacy of the speaker of the parliament, which ended with the victory of G. N. Seleznev. Denunciation of the Belavezha Agreement by the deputies, which almost led to the dissolution of the State Duma. Boris Yeltsin's aggressive, on the verge of psychological warfare, agitation campaign under the slogan "Vote or lose!" The confusion of the opposition, which could not consolidate and nominate a single candidate. A fictitious, election-prone end to the war in Chechnya. President Yeltsin's masterful divorce of a "promising candidate" – Alexander Lebed. As a result, the country will enter a new stage of its development with a full package of old, unresolved problems. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in understanding the historical paths of development of Russia and Russian parliamentarism.

Keywords: presidential elections of 1996, Президентские выборы 1996 г., российский парламентаризм, демократия в России, democracy in Russia, democratic elections