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      "id": 100936,
      "date": "2000-03-24",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:37:49.043941",
      "title": "Russian Presidential Election: 2000",
      "summary": "Russian President Boris Yeltsin's resignation at the end of 1999 elevated his little-known\nPremier,\nVladimir Putin, to Acting President and set the scene for a presidential election on March 26, 2000\nthat Putin is considered certain to win. There is uncertainty in Russia and the West as to what sort\nof leader Putin might be. Some view him as an authoritarian, others as a pragmatic reformer. There\nis evidence to support either view. The character and policies of post-Yeltsin Russia affect a variety\nof important U.S. political, military, and economic interests.",
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  "topics": [
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "National Defense",
    "Russian, Central Asian, and Eurasian Affairs"
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