Standing nearby is Sergei Filatov, a former defense aide to the late President Boris Yeltsin. During the coup attempt, he sent to teams to local garrisons to persuade commanders not to attack.
Now the president of a socio economic research institute here, he agrees, that Russia is going through an authoritarian phase.
But he also says that Russia’s leadership will discover that democracy is the only way forward for the nation.
With most of the crowd over 50 years of age, many people gathered for the 20th anniversary felt comfortable taking the long view when talking about Russian history.
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