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Stalin's only daughter dies at 85

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's daughter, whose defection to the West during the Cold War embarrassed the communists, has died at 85.

 

Analysis: Russia still lags on democracy 20 years after coup

Analysis: Russia still lags on democracy 20 years after coup

Twenty years after a coup in which hardline communists made a last, desperate attempt to save the Soviet Union, Russia is still traveling the long and bumpy road to democracy.

 

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