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    08.05.2006

    Press / Russia's Very Own Road From Serfdom

    Your July 15 editorial "Putin Village" presents a profile of Russia and the Russian economic experience that is very much at variance with reality. Russia is committed to democratic principles and free market processes. We are not, nor should we be, committed to adopt the governmental institutions and processes currently in place in the United States.

    Your remarks fail to recognize the genetic core of democratic communities. Democratic communities around the world reflect the cultures and historic experiences of their respective peoples and their current conditions. They constantly seek the right balance between personal and economic freedom and government control ...