During the 1993 confrontation between the Russian legislature and Boris Yeltsin, there were about 1500 deaths.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The sources give official death tolls of roughly 124 to 187, which the claimed 1500 far exceeds, but nongovernmental estimates of more than 1,000 (RFE/RL) and as high as 2,000 (ADST) bracket the claimed figure. The claim matches the post's wording and is graded on the death toll alone, since the post's 'confrontation' is the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis.
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… Supreme Court dethroned him, putting, um, uh, Ruchko in his place, and, um, that, and the fact that Putin intelligently, throughout this period of time, vaguely supported the, um, the opposition to the coup, he was able to preserve his political career. Um Ultimately, in that confrontation between the legislature and Yeltsin, you had about 1500 deaths. No one was ever brought to justice. Um Yelton controlled state media at the time. He was sending them false information, telling them that they're going to be fired unless they shoot first, all of that, and as this is going on, you have the total collapse of …
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Contradicts. Official counts are far below 1500: the authorities reported 124 dead in the Oct. 3-4 clashes (AP), 147 killed per the Prosecutor-General (Wikipedia), and about 187 killed per government estimates (ADST, Peoples Dispatch).[1][2][3][4]
Supports. Nongovernmental estimates put the death toll above 1,000 (RFE/RL) and as high as 2,000 (ADST), so a figure of about 1500 falls inside the range of unofficial estimates.[3][5]
Context. Memorial counted 159 dead, and a Duma commission counted 157 deaths in Moscow from Sept. 21 to Oct. 5; Russian reporting also notes a 500 estimate that could not be confirmed.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated
- 130 years ago, the Kremlin crushed a parliamentary uprising ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 21993 Russian constitutional crisis - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Yeltsin Under Siege — The October 1993 Constitutional Crisisadst.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4Russians commemorate victims of anti-Yeltsin protests of 1993 : Peoples Dispatchpeoplesdispatch.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Who Was Who? The Key Players In Russia's Dramatic October ...rferl.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 630 years ago, the struggle between Yeltsin and parliament ...rima.media · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Yeltsin Prevails, Military Crushes Parliament Forcescsmonitor.com · not rated · cited for: context
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