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Russian president Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting at Barvikha residence outside Moscow.
Friday, Jul. 24, 2009

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  • ROBERT SERVICE,
  • professor of Russian history at Oxford University, on Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's decision to create a Historical Truth Commission to counter what some Russian officials claims to be Western prejudice against Russian history
Photo: ITAR-TASS / Landov | Source: BBC