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We have problems with illegal migration, we have the problem of the Caucasus, we have a problem of ethnic crimes... the fact that our authorities hypocritically pretend that such problems do not exist leads to people discussing them only in the street, at the Russian March.

— Alexei Navalny

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Source: As quoted in Moscow nationalist rally hears attack on Putin party (4 November 2011), BBC
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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