Yeltsin's (Real) Legacy

Katrina vanden Heuvel

May 2, 2007 | This article appeared in the May 21, 2007 edition of The Nation.

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Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

Katrina vanden Heuvel has been The Nation's editor since 1995 and its publisher since 2005. She is the co-editor of...

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