Could it lead to fascism?

Source :: Economist. 7/11/1998, Vol. 348 Issue 8076, p19-21. 3p. 2 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart, 1 Graph, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Discusses politics in Russia and the country's economic crisis in 1998. Factors shoring up the rouble; Suggestion that it is hard to see the government fulfilling its pledge to cut spending; The possibility that strikes in key sectors may spread; Viktor Chernomyrdin being a stabilizer until his removal in March 1998; Results from a poll as to who the people want to replace President Boris Yeltsin.