Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Sarah Mendelson, a senior fellow with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, appeared on PBS’s NewsHour Insider Forum, "Experts Answered Your Questions on Russian Politics."
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Sarah Mendelson, a senior fellow with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, appeared on PBS’s NewsHour Insider Forum, "Experts Answered Your Questions on Russian Politics."
On Sunday, Russian citizens went to the polls and overwhelmingly voted Dmitry Medvedev as the new President of Russia. Medvedev is the handpicked successor to outgoing President Vladimir Putin. Putin, Medvedev has said, would become prime minister in his government, a position of significant power.
Last week, the NewsHour's special correspondent Simon Marks filed a report from Moscow on the election, and we invited you to submit questions. Here to answer those questions and others are two guests:
Sarah Mendelson is the Director of the Human Rights and Security Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She's also a senior fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Program.
Also joining us, Cliff Kupchan. He's Director of Europa and Eurasia at the Eurasia Group, an international consulting firm. He's also the former Vice President and Senior Fellow of the Nixon Center, where he focused on the Russian energy sector and Russian politics.
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