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September 7, 2009
A Powerless Parliament
By Dmitry Babich
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On Monday, few people paid attention to the first meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation following the summer recess, except the deputies themselves. The Parliament has long ceased to play the central role in Russian politics that it did in the early 1990s. Instead, it has grown ever more detached from the country’s real concerns.

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