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"As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh."

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About Aleksandr Lebed

Aleksandr Lebed was a Russian military officer and politician. He served in senior military roles and later entered electoral politics, including the presidency race in 1996 and governorship in Krasnoyarsk Krai. He died in a helicopter crash in 2002.

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