Twenty years ago, a small group of Russian businessmen saved the country from a return to communism. Boris Yeltsin, physically and politically weak, was close to being beaten in the presidential election by Gennady Zyuganov. In the first ballot, Yeltsin led by just 3 per cent. The money and organisation the oligarchs brought to the party put him more than 13 points ahead in the second and decisive vote. Now, in very different circumstances, the oligarchs may need to intervene again.
20年前，一小群俄罗斯商人拯救了这个国家，使之避免回到共产党统治。在总统选举中，身体和政治上虚弱的鲍里斯•叶利钦(Boris Yeltsin)差点被根纳季•久加诺夫（Gennady Zyuganov，俄罗斯联邦共产党领导人——译者注）打败。在第一轮投票中，叶利钦领先3个百分点。在第二轮决定性的投票中，寡头们提供的资金和组织使他领先了逾13个百分点。如今，在非常不同的时代背景下，寡头们或许需要再次干预。
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