Editing Boris Yeltsin

{{Infobox person|name=Boris Yeltsin|native_name=Борис Ельцин|image=Boris Yeltsin.png|birth_date=1 February 1931|birth_place=Butka, [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|image_size=200|death_date=23 April 2007|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[Russian Federation]]|death_cause=Heart failure}}

'''Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin''' (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, ruling from 1991 to 1993 (de jure) and from 1993 to 1999 (de facto). He implemented [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[shock therapy]] policies that allowed [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] elites to take control of Russia's economy.<ref>{{Citation|author=Anders Aslund|year=1999|title=Russia's Collapse|title-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201642/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19990901faessay1007/anders-aslund/russia-s-collapse.html|publisher=Foreign Affairs}}</ref>

== Soviet era ==
In 1985, Yeltsin was brought to Moscow on [[Yegor Ligachyov|Ligachyov]]'s recommendation. Yeltsin became a candidate member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Politburo]] in 1986 and criticized Ligachyov over party privileges. [[Mikhail Gorbachev|Gorbachev]] purged Yeltsin in 1987 and removed him from his position as Moscow party secretary.<ref name=":0322">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Crisis and Collapse, 1989-91|page=196–197|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref>

In the March 1989, Yeltsin was elected to the USSR Congress of People's Deputies for Sverdlovsk. He was elected to the same position in the RSFSR in March 1990 and became Chair of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet in May.<ref name=":0322" /> He created a system of [[dual power]] in opposition the all-Union government controlled by Gorbachev.<ref name=":032" />

Yeltsin left the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|CPSU]] in July 1990.<ref name=":0322" /> By 1991, he controlled most of the media in the USSR.<ref name=":032">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Crisis and Collapse, 1989-91|page=170–171|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref>

== Shock therapy ==
Over 100,000 state-owned enterprises were privatized and sold to the highest bidder from 1991 to 1995.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=[[Brian Becker]]|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=The criminal legacy of Boris Yeltsin|date=2007-06-01|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/07-06-01-the-criminal-legacy-boris-yeltsi-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511090226/https://liberationschool.org/07-06-01-the-criminal-legacy-boris-yeltsi-html/|archive-date=2021-05-11|retrieved=2022-06-21}}</ref> As a result, the poverty rate in Russia increased from 2% to 50%<ref>{{Citation|author=Branko Milanovic|title=Income, Inequality, and Poverty during the Transition from Planned to Market Economy|page=36|pdf=https://stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/files/1998/02/milanovic-income-inequality-and-poverty-during-the-transition-from-planned-to-market-economy-1998.pdf|publisher=World Bank}}</ref> and the population decreased for 15 years straight.<ref>{{News citation|title=Russia Population|url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/russia-population/|newspaper=Worldometers|retrieved=2022-03-12}}</ref> Real income dropped by at least 70% from 1990 to 1997.<ref name=":0" />

== 1993 coup ==
On 21 September 1993, in breach of the constitution, Yeltsin disbanded the Supreme Soviet and Congress of People's Deputies because it had been blocking his economic liberalization policies. The Supreme Soviet then declared Yeltsin removed from the presidency for breaching the constitution, and Vice-President Alexander Rutskoy was sworn in as acting president.

Between 21 and 24 September, Yeltsin was confronted by popular unrest. Demonstrators protested the terrible living conditions under Yeltsin. GDP had declined by half, corruption and violent crime was skyrocketing, medical services, food and fuel were increasingly scarce and life expectancy was falling across the country. Yeltsin directed tanks to shell the Russian parliament. The attack killed 187 people and wounded almost 500 others.

== Foreign election interference ==
The 1996 Russian presidential election was interfered with by the USA. During the election campaign American political advisors secretly colluded with Yeltsin to influence the election. The advisors kept it a secret until after he won when they confessed and began to brag about their influence over the election.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=ELEANOR RANDOLPH|date=July 9, 1996|title=Americans Claim Role in Yeltsin Win|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-09-mn-22423-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

== References ==
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	'''Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin''' (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, ruling from 1991 to 1993 (de jure) and from 1993 to 1999 (de facto). He implemented [[Neoliberalism\|neoliberal]] [[shock therapy]] policies that allowed [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] elites to take control of Russia's economy.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Anders Aslund\|year=1999\|title=Russia's Collapse\|title-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201642/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19990901faessay1007/anders-aslund/russia-s-collapse.html\|publisher=Foreign Affairs}}</ref>		'''Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin''' (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was the first president of the Russian Federation, ruling from 1991 to 1993 (de jure) and from 1993 to 1999 (de facto). He implemented [[Neoliberalism\|neoliberal]] [[shock therapy]] policies that allowed [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] elites to take control of Russia's economy.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Anders Aslund\|year=1999\|title=Russia's Collapse\|title-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201642/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19990901faessay1007/anders-aslund/russia-s-collapse.html\|publisher=Foreign Affairs}}</ref>