Tahuti
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...probably because he, unfortunately, largely discredited "liberal democracy" in Russia for decades to come...
And the West shares certain responsibility for letting him get away with it.
The problem was that there likely wasn't anyone better them him suitable for the job in Russia. Unlike the former Soviet satelites, most of the former Soviet countries themselves still had a large old guard who had interest in keeping and restoring the Soviet system. In other words, personal interests aside, Yeltsin HAD to be a kleptocrat in order to not be deposed.