DBAHC: Have post-1991 Russia revert into autocracy

Your challange is to make Russia fall back into an autocratic state after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
It can be difficult to imagine, what with it being the shining beacon of democracy amid western decline into populism, but maybe have a POD in the 90's?
 
Wasn't Yeltsin known to enjoy a bit too much booze? Keep him on the sauce.

How long would he be able to stay in power if he was an autocratic drunkard though? I mean, the Russian people's memories aren't THAT short that they'll be willing to tolerate crazy policies right after having gotten their political and economic freedoms.

Personally, I'd suggest some kind of distribution method of former Soviet state assets (Like the oil industry, maybe?) that results in them ending up more or less fully intact in the hands of a small number of Russians, who could use their control over people's paychecks to act kind of like the railroad barons/company town managers of 19th century America. Perhaps the most profitable facilities are sold only in a closed domestic market wholesale, rather than being broken up into stock that were distributed to the employees or sold to the international market and the invest capital given to them? People still need to eat, after all, and may be willing to sell their new rights (in practice, at least, if not legally speaking) if its the only way to get employed
 
Personally, I'd suggest some kind of distribution method of former Soviet state assets (Like the oil industry, maybe?) that results in them ending up more or less fully intact in the hands of a small number of Russians, who could use their control over people's paychecks to act kind of like the railroad barons/company town managers of 19th century America. Perhaps the most profitable facilities are sold only in a closed domestic market wholesale, rather than being broken up into stock that were distributed to the employees or sold to the international market and the invest capital given to them? People still need to eat, after all, and may be willing to sell their new rights (in practice, at least, if not legally speaking) if its the only way to get employed
Maybe alleviate Yeltsins 1995 stroke? The privatization auctions that were planned to take place in the late 1995 seem similar to what you describe, IRRC they were delayed till the 1996 elections due to Yeltsins health.
But then again the Communists would repeal the results once in power, it wasn't until 1998 that they tanked in popularity.
 
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