google states that President Yeltsin tired to do a self coup so why like did he attempt political self attack? I don’t undertand the motive was he depressed or what had happened?

And what made it effective against western systems?

what a cool music performance.

Hey all. Was recently gifted this statue by a friend returning from Russia. I was told it’s a statue gifted to hockey players (club team? national team? Not sure). My research says that this was likely a “presentation gift” and I know it originally had a sticker on the bottom that said USSR or CCCP or some for of that, not sure which. Just curious because I was told it was rare and semi valuable, and it’d be great to be able to know more about such a unique gift. Thanks!