Alexander Lebed, a former Soviet general and Afghan war veteran who campaigned on a vague nationalist and anti- corruption program, came in third with 15 percent. Lebed's campaign received a massive infusion of cash in the last weeks before the election, enabling him to launch an advertising blitz. Street interviews found that most of Lebed's votes would have otherwise gone to Zyuganov. As in last December's parliamentary elections, industrial and agricultural workers voted overwhelmingly for Zyuganov. In Moscow, however, a large majority voted for Yeltsin.
Life is much better now.
We are free to travel all over the world and can buy whatever we want. In Communist times, I earned 250 rubles a month and could fly anywhere in the Soviet Union for 50 rubles. Now I get paid 200,000 rubles and pay 100,000 for rent. We can't afford to buy anything now. Yeltsin appealed to younger voters who only remember the years of collapse under Gorbachev.