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Vladimir Shlapentokh, Michigan State University

Caption: MSU sociologist Vladimir Shlapentokh says his native Russia is wracked by greed, corruption and mass emigration that threaten the nation's future. Democracy only works, he argues, if a nation is truly devoted to its ideals.

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