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By Vladimir Radyuhin
MOSCOW, OCT. 15. A majority of Russians no longer believe the former President, Boris Yeltsin, was right in sending tanks to blast the Opposition-dominated legislature over 10 years ago. Pollsters registered a drastic change in people's views of the bloody confrontation between the Government and the Opposition 11 years ago that culminated in the shelling and storming of the Russian Parliament on October 3, 1993. Eleven years ago, Mr. Yeltsin dissolved the Supreme Soviet in violation of the Constitution and when deputies refused to submit and their supporters attempted to seize the TV centre in Moscow, the President ordered the army to storm the Parliament building. Fifty-eight per cent of Russians said the use of military force by Mr. Yeltsin against rebellious legislators was not justified, according to a survey by the Yuri Levada Analytical Centre. Eleven years ago, a majority — 46 per cent — blamed the Opposition leaders, the Speaker, Ruslan Khazbulatov, and the Vice-President, Alexander Rutskoi.
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