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Mikhail Gorbachev Speaks at the Kennan Institute

March 19, 2009

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On March 19, 2009, Mikhail A. Gorbachev, former General Secretary of the Soviet Union, delivered the opening remarks at the Kennan Institute's conference "The Russian Constitution at Fifteen: Assessments and Current Challenges to Russia's Legal Development".

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