On the recordMarch 3, 2015
Since Putin took power in 2000, one Western administration after another declined to confront him on human rights.
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Boris Nemtsov
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congress.govSince Putin took power in 2000, one Western administration after another declined to confront him on human rights.
Critiquing Western leaders' failure to address Putin's human rights abuses.
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