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From 1995 to 2014, she was a senior associate of the carnegie endowment for international peace in moscow. Lilia shevtsova political scientist, brookings institution, moscow she has researched and published extensively on issues related to postcommunist transformation, democratic transition, russias domestic and foreign policy, political leadership, new independent states, relations between russia and the west, the eastern european. Political leadership in russias transition 2001, all published by carnegie. Carnegie endowment, 2007 political science 388 pages. The yeltsin and putin legacies by lilia shevtsova 20071002 by lilia shevtsova. She traces the reasons behind yeltsinstyle pseudodemocracy and the rise of putinstyle authoritarianism.
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