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No one can take away the experience of Yeltsin's freedoms, but Russian democracy will never follow Western models: other authoritarian 'controlled democracies' - Turkey, Taiwan, Mexico - ultimately developed into democracies. But it took decades.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
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"No one can take away the experience of Yeltsin's freedoms, but Russian democracy will never follow Western models: other authoritarian 'controlled democracies' - Turkey, Taiwan, Mexico - ultimately developed into democracies. But it took decades."
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No one can take away the experience of Yeltsin's freedoms, but Russian democracy will never follow Western models: other authoritarian 'controlled democracies' - Turkey, Taiwan, Mexico - ultimately developed into democracies. But it took decades. — Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Simon Sebag Montefiore was a Historian from United Kingdom (1965–present).

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This quote is attributed to Simon Sebag Montefiore, a Historian from United Kingdom.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore lived from 1965 – present.
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