''Spinning Boris'' is a 2003 American

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, directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Jeff Goldblum,

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and Liev Schreiber. In the film,

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secretly hires three American consultants during his 1996 reelection campaign, when his approval rating was at 6%. With the help of the consultants, Yeltsin won the election six months later. The film claimed to be based on the true story of three American political consultants who worked for the successful reelection campaign of Boris Yeltsin in 1996.TIME Exclusive Yanks To The Rescue

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. July 1996.

Plot

In early 1996, three Republican Party campaign operatives take a secret job to assist Boris Yeltsin's reelection. Once in

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, they learn Yeltsin is polling at 6% against the

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candidate Gennady Zyuganov with the election only a few months away. They decide to vote on whether to stay. Dick Dresner wants to go home, George Gorton and Joe Shumate vote to stay in Moscow. They get the attention of Yeltsin's daughter Tatyana Yumasheva. They then start to do polling,

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, messaging, and spin. Yeltsin's poll numbers begin to go up. The three men are unsure who hired them. They do not know whether Yeltsin's allies want him to win. Eventually, Yeltsin wins the election.Plot summary

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