How did Boris Yeltsin-judged by most analysts and politicians the obvious underdog going into the 1996 Russian presidential election-emerge as the clear winner? Was Yeltsin's landslide reelection as free and fair as it appears? This volume reveals the reasons behind Yeltsin's victory and examines its impact on the future of electoral politics in post-soviet Russia. In June 1996, for the first time in thousand years, Russian citizens...