Modern Russia

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Kremlin

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The "white house" of Russia

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Boris Yeltsin

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First elected president

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Kremlin

The "white house" of Russia

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Boris Yeltsin

First elected president

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Shock Therapy

Going from one end of the political/economic spectrum to the other quickly

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Oligrachs

Small group of wealthy businessmen

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Personal autocracy

A government run by a lone individual

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FSB

The Federal Security Service

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Bill Browder

Richest foreign investor in Russia

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Magnitsky act

Froze the American bank accounts of people who were involved in Sergei Magnitsky's death

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Alexei Navalny

Greatest political opponent to Putin

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Bashar al-Assad

Current dictator of Syria