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  • Notably Yeltsin was planning to declare a state of emergency if he lost the 1996 Presidential election This doesn't appear to be in the cited source. Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 2:19
  • @Allure it does: “ There may well be pressures on Yeltsin to make just such a move. The hard-liners around him are widely thought to believe, with some justification, that Yeltsin has little chance of winning any future elections. They may hope to preserve their grasp on power through a state of emergency.” Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 4:16
  • @Allure there’s also interviews in Russian with Yeltsins former associates which confirm that he was seriously considering it. Obviously it never happened but the option was out on the table. Chubays convinced Yeltsin to try and win the 1996 election via a powerful election campaign, as a representative of the “liberal” block. The “armed forces” block was instead pushing him to declare a state of emergency and not risk defeat in elections. Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 4:17
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    They may hope to preserve their grasp on power through a state of emergency this is not the same as "they will do it", which is what your answer implies. Same goes for all quotes in your other comment - none of them say Yeltsin was planning to do it, only that he was considering it, that some factions wanted him to do it, etc. Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 4:26
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    Maybe, but the assertion in the answer is still Yeltsin was planning to declare a state of emergency if he lost the 1996 Presidential election, and this is still not backed up by any of the quotes you've given since they are all hypotheticals. Sorry, but I am downvoting the answer. Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 4:36