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iluvtennis

(19,852 posts) Sun Mar 26, 2017, 06:07 PM Mar 2017

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Over 80 anti-corruption and anti-government protests in Russia today.. (Original Post) iluvtennis Mar 2017 OP

They're even more futile than ours unfortunately Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #1

No statement from WH on this, but here is statement from Sen Ben Sasse iluvtennis Mar 2017 #3

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1. They're even more futile than ours unfortunately

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 06:31 PM

Mar 2017

Anything short of an ousting with fall on deaf ears in regards to their government.

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2. Yep it's futile under a dictatorship, but still heart warming to see the ppl are protesting. nt

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 06:34 PM

Mar 2017

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3. No statement from WH on this, but here is statement from Sen Ben Sasse

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 07:31 PM

Mar 2017

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4. People are chanting "Russia without Putin!" in Moscow. The police are afraid, Leonid Volkov says...