Election booklet G.A. Zyuganov from the presidential campaign in 1996. Today, the threat of self-destruction hangs over Russia. In the country there is a financial and economic collapse in the conditions of spiritual decay. All statements about overcoming the crisis, about stabilization are lies. In four years of "reform," we have lost up to 43% of our national wealth. This fall continues. Ahead is a dead end. Russia's spending on research is 30 times less than American, and 6 times less than German.