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What is democracy?

Politicians, experts and political technologists explain the basic principles of democracy.

Anna Litvinenko, media expert, Free University of Berlin
Ilya Yashin, Head of Krasnoselsky Municipal District, Solidarity Movement, Moscow
Stanislav Klimovich, political scientist, Free University of Berlin
Tetyana Ivanova, media expert, managing partner, Academy of Ukrainian Press, Kiev
Volodymyr Fesenko, political scientist, Head of Penta Center for Applied Political Research, Kyiv

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