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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 03 > In Russia, ‘legal nihilism’ is just the usual way of things

In Russia, ‘legal nihilism’ is just the usual way of things

By Jackson Diehl / The Bulletin
August 3, 2008

Though he had been handpicked by Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev’s inauguration as Russia’s president in early May inspired some in the West to hope for real change in the Kremlin. The expectations rested largely on Medvedev’s background as a law professor who,....

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