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How a Few Thousand Votes Paved Putin's Path to Power 30 Years Ago
The course of Russian and global history was altered 30 years ago when Anatoly Sobchak, then mayor of St. Petersburg, unexpectedly lost an election by a narrow margin, opening the way for Vladimir Putin to rise to power in Moscow.
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