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Adapted from the russian edition, this book analyzes the dominant stereotypes and. Lilia fyodorovna shevtsova is a kremlinology expert. As russia is in the news, startling the international community with its assertiveness and facing both parliamentary and presidential elections, lilia shevtsova searches the histories of the yeltsin and putin regimes, exploring within them conventional truths and myths about russia, paradoxes of russian political development, and russia s role in the world. Under yeltsins and putins leadership, the russian political class was forced. Lilia shevtsova at the 2009 world economic forum lilia fyodorovna shevtsova russian. Discover book depositorys huge selection of lilia shevtsova books online.