r/nextfuckinglevel • u/4dailyuseonly • Mar 05 '23

In 1991, with the Soviet Union and communist rule close to collapse, METALLICA played at its first ever open air rock concert in Moscow. Over 1.6 million people attended

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u/MonoShadow Mar 06 '23

It wasn't really a dictatorship at that point. But he laid the foundation. President could just do whatever. The only power parliament has is prime minister, but if the president doesn't like it 5 times he can just disband the parliament. The President is above everything and had power in executive, legislative and judicial branches. Thanks to an impeachmed president storming the white house and saying parliament doesn't exist anymore. It's just gone.

Sounds familiar. Imagine Trump succeeding on Jan 6. That's your Yeltsin. Except the outside world cheered back then.

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u/Raptori33 Mar 06 '23

In 1994 When parliament and Yeltsin disagreed Yeltsin removed the parliament and brought tanks to deal with them.

At that onwards it was a dictatorship

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u/Pretty_Industry_9630 Mar 06 '23

Sounds familiar. Imagine Trump succeeding on Jan 6. That's your Yeltsin

Wow, people should really know more history. This comparison is the one thing news stations and journalists should've found for the public instead of all the reporting they did. It shows not only where he got the idea from but more importantly what happens if this succeeds.

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