One of Russia's new rich,
Mansky, 28 and a friend
built a multi-million dollar
label-making business
starting with $100 and a
little wit. "Of course I will
vote, but there is not much
choice. No matter what one
might think of Yeltsin, he's
the one, because there is no
one else."
ABOVE: Tradition and Western influence clash in Moscow's Gorky Park
Christopher Morris--Black Star for TIME
After the failed 1991 coup by hard-line practitioners of a dying Communist system, President Boris Yeltsin missed his opportunity to set Russia on a truly democratic path.
BY MICHAEL KRAMER AND JOHN KOHAN
Russia's
