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...pause. "I don't know," he said. Lychev, the schoolteacher, expressed disdain for Yeltsin but voted for him anyway. "It was a case of the lesser evil," he said. "The one thing I wanted to avoid was a turn back to the past." The village's fierce pharmacist, Tamara Bechina, who supports Zyuganov, had this explanation: "They voted for Yeltsin because they're benighted. They voted for Yeltsin because their bosses 'suggested' they do so." The village doctor, Lyubov Chuvikova, will also vote for Zyuganov in the second round. "Life has never been as devoid of hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEANWHILE, IN THE DEEP, DARK RUSSIAN HEARTLAND... | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

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