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November 3, 2009
Repudiated Personality
By Tom Balmforth
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The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lambasted Josef Stalin’s regime of terror in his video blog on October 30, distancing himself from the recent efforts some Russians have undertaken to gloss over the crimes committed by the Soviet dictator. Institutionalized attempts to rehabilitate Stalin have been increasingly common since former-President and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000. Watchers of president Medvedev’s relationship with Putin will be paying close attention to see whether Medvedev’s condemnation of “falsifying” history will expose a fissure in the tandem.

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