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Electing a black American into office is at least as significant as the fall of the Berlin Wall, says Daniel Klein, an American international lawyer based in Russia.

“Barack Obama has pledged that he would increase transparency in the US juridical system and improve the rule of law. I think he has already started to do that, and I believe other juridical systems will improve as well, including the juridical system in Russia”

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