[elhombrelibre]

There was a coup in Russia too when Putin overthrew Yeltsin.

[Sacajaweau]

Yeltsin was seriously ill and a drunkin' slob and finally resigned. Putin as PM succeeded him and it was not a coup. Three months later, there were elections.

The IMF had given Russia under Yeltsin $40 billion...and it disappeared.

In the last election, Putin got about 60% of the vote. The Communist Party got almost 20%.

[dangus]

WTF? Putin was Yeltsin’s hand-picked successor, who was made his #2 more than a year before he resigned.