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'Obama comes to power at a difficult time'

Published 20 Jan, 2009 16:04 | Updated 20 Jan, 2009 19:04

Barack Obama comes to power at a difficult time in America's history, says Maxim Bratersky, political analyst from Moscow's Higher School of Economics.

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