When the Soviet Union broke apart nine years ago, many observers hoped that the new Russian government headed by Boris Yeltsin would disclose all the records of the Soviet regime and face up to the horrific legacy of Communist rule. Initially, Yeltsin seemed to embrace this goal, but by the time he left office at the end of 1999 he had achieved only limited progress. Under his successor, Vladimir Putin, hopes of a complete reckoning with the Soviet past have diminished still further. […]
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183
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1
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http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/ponars/pm_0183.pdf
