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...week program that wrapped up last Friday at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government offered 28 members of the Russian Duma, or parliament, a glimpse of the U.S. government at work...
Members of the Duma, the first body elected under Russia's new constitution, came to Cambridge to see which lessons from the United States might apply to their fledgling democracy...
...didn't come to the United States as people come to professors," said Valentin A. Kovalyov, deputy chair of the Duma and head of the delegation. "We came for equal discussion...
...program was modeled after the Kennedy School's training conferences for members of the U.S. Congress and for U.S. and Russian military officers. Professors engaged the Duma members in discussions about elective politics, political parties, the separation of powers, foreign policy, constituent representation and other issues common to national legislative bodies...
...opportunity to spend this time in direct discussions with the people building democracy in Russia today is very exciting," said Dean of the Kennedy School Albert Carnesale, who spoke to the Duma last Thursday on the effects of the end of the Cold...