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Michael McFaul quoted in The Wall Street Journal on treatment of Kremlin leaders since World War II

In the News: Wall Street Journal on April 24, 2007

"Because there was no election process, there was no legitimacy to the new leaders, so they had to criticize their predecessors to give themselves legitimacy," said Michael McFaul.. "You see the same going on today." But in the process, his critics say, Mr. Putin has dismantled many of the democratic institutions that were the main legacy of Mr. Yeltsin's years in office.