Lessons from Moscow 20 Years After the Fall

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Lessons from Moscow 20 Years After the Fall

We explore how democracy has fared in Russia, 20 years after newly-elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin stood atop a tank and stared down a coup.

Twenty years after newly-elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin stood atop a tank and stared down a coup, Kojo explores how well democracy has taken hold there and what Russia's experience says about the prospects for the democratic uprisings consuming so many Arab countries today.

Guests

Leon Aron

Director of Russian Studies, American Enterprise Institute author of "Yeltsin: A Revolutionary Life" (St. Martins Press)

Jessica Golloher

Moscow-based correspondent; former reporter with WAMU 88.5

Comments

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alntal wrote:

Wouldn't the proper question to ask be: what's the similarity between the so-called Arab Spring and the London uprising?
Take what happened in Tunisia: a lone youth who lost his life, the abject poverty of these youths, the use of social media, the attempt to crack down on it, and most definitely the denial of the socio-economic discrepancies by the power-that-be.

Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:56pm
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