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The Duma Elections: Candidates, Citizen Groups, and Participatory Democracy in Russia

A discussion with Nina Belyaeva

Date: Thursday, December 9, 1999 / Time: 7:30am - 9:00am 

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Dr. Nina Belyaeva responds to a comment during her presentation. Dr. John Crist, program officer in the Jennings Randolph Program, is at her right.

 

Nina Belyaeva is president of the Interlegal Foundation in Moscow, an NGO that promotes rule of law and the development of civil society in Russia and the new independent states. Dr. Belyaeva is also a professor in the department of constitutional law at Moscow State University and is currently visiting professor in the department of political science at Colorado College. She was a visiting fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace in 1992-93.

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