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[–] bernieecclestoned 1 points 1 year ago

In 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev removed the constitutional role of the Communist Party. Because of this it allowed non-communists to take power. As a result, Boris Yeltsin then became the first president of Russia.

Russia hasn't been communist in over 30 years, the Soviet Union collapsed.