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soviet dissident

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Natan Sharansky

Israeli-Soviet statesman — who spent 9 years in Soviet prisons as a dissident before being exchanged in 1986 — became a senior Israeli political figure — author of The Case for Democracy — whose framework (distinguishing free societies from fear societies) influenced George W. Bush's democracy promotion policy.

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