Yuri Maltsev, professor of economics at Carthage College and former adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev, explains why people should know the facts about the former Soviet Union and its atrocities. Maltsev delivered these remarks as part of a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society March 31, 2009. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
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