Word: disclaim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plaintiffs argue that Yeltsin overstepped his authority when he dissolved the party by decree and opened the way for a dictatorship in democratic disguise, where no political group will be safe from a presidential ban. They disclaim any responsibility for crimes committed by party leaders in the past and want to limit the scope of the hearings to the period after they renounced their monopoly on power in 1990. They also hope to shift the focus by dwelling on the party's achievements in defeating Nazi Germany and building the Soviet Union into a superpower...
...republics may want only to strengthen their hand in bargaining on the configuration of a new, looser union. Certainly not all republics are prepared, or want, to go all the way to true independence, with their own flags, parliaments, currencies, foreign policies and seats in the U.N. Most specifically disclaim any intention of creating their own armies, other than perhaps small militias to serve as a kind of national guard...
Oddly enough, the editors disclaim self-righteousness, saying that they are "fallible" and as open to "recognize that we will make mistakes" as the next person...