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The decision of James Baker, Secretary of State under Bush, to give a massive Marshall plan style aid packages to Russia contributed exponentially to Russia's economic growth. Today it is a friend of western nations and is a functioning democracy. But many in the state department opposed plan. What if they got their way? Would Russia still be a rich, functioning democracy? And if not that, would they manage to become a threat again or will they be too poor to return to their former glory?
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