Dmitri Trenin
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Remembering Boris Yeltsin
Source: CNN International

Dmitri Trenin, senior associate and deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center appeared on CNN International’s Your World Today to discuss the life of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
Please click here to read the transcript.
About the Author
Former Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
Trenin was director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2008 to early 2022.
- Mapping Russia’s New Approach to the Post-Soviet SpaceCommentary
- What a Week of Talks Between Russia and the West RevealedCommentary
Dmitri Trenin
Recent Work
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