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Media Highlights TV • January 21, 2012 

# Andrei Illarionov discusses the importance of political freedom on *Channel 1*

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##### [Andrei Illarionov](/people/andrei-illarionov)

Former Senior Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity

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