‘A distortion of history’ Russian political actors and historians on Team Navalny’s new film about Yeltsin’s role in Putin’s rise to power

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‘A distortion of history’ Russian political actors and historians on Team Navalny’s new film about Yeltsin’s role in Putin’s rise to power

On April 16, Alexey Navalny’s team, spearheaded by Anti-Corruption Foundation Chairwoman Maria Pevchikh, released the first episode of their new YouTube series Traitors, which delves into the role Boris Yeltsin and his associates played in Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. Reactions to the film have been mixed, with numerous negative reviews from individuals who were firsthand witnesses to the events of the 1990s, as well as from those who’ve stud…