WI-KPRF wins in 1996

What happens if the Communist Party of the Russian Federation wins in the 1996 election, which they came reasonably close to doing OTL? Is the rise of a Putinesque figure butterflied by a return to the party over the strongman, or will an alt-Putin still come to pass? What might the economic consequences be--could you see something like the Chinese economic system emerge?
 
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