In 2012, several opposition politicians, including Boris Nemtsov, claimed that Dmitry Medvedev admitted to them that Zyuganov would actually have won the 1996 election if not for fraud in favor of Yeltsin.
I 2012 hævdede flere oppositionspolitikere, herunder Boris Nemtsov, at Dmitrij Medvedev havde indrømmet for dem, at Zjuganov faktisk ville have vundet valget i 1996, hvis der ikke havde været valgsvindel til fordel for Jeltsin.