by Laura Belin AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FUROR SURROUNDING the decision not to register the Yabloko bloc, the 1 November Izvestiya named Central Electoral Commission Chairman Nikolai Ryabov as one of the five most influential people in the country. The paper portrayed Ryabov as a political survivor thanks to his disciplined work, obedience to […]

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