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Boris Nemtsov: Since Putin took power in 2000, one Western administration after another declined to confront him on human rights.

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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Critiquing Western leaders' failure to address Putin's human rights abuses.

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