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This isn't your war... It’s Putin’s war for power and money.

— Boris Nemtsov

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The Magnitsky Act is the most pro-Russian law ever passed by a foreign legislature.

The fact is that in Europe, faced with the choice between human rights and gas, many politicians pick gas.

The system always breaks down in Russia when irreconcilable contradictions develop within the ruling clan.

I actually expect to live in Russia, so I care about what happens here.

[I]n Europe, faced with the choice between human rights and gas, many politicians pick gas.

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