30 years ago, Boris Yeltsin defeated Gennady Zyuganov in the election and held onto power. A museum was dedicated to his era of rule. Now the liberal Yeltsin Center is trying to adapt to wartime

30 years ago, Boris Yeltsin defeated Gennady Zyuganov in the election and held onto power. A museum was dedicated to his era of rule. Now the liberal Yeltsin Center is trying to adapt to wartime

Before the war, Yekaterinburg’s Yeltsin Center survived on donations from entrepreneurs loyal to the authorities and received significant state funding. But in recent years those sources of money have dried up.

Patriots and conservatives have long been demanding that the center be shut down for being excessively liberal. The outlet Bereg explains whether this could happen under conditions in which the institution has already lost its voice because of censorship.

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