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We all know that the drones are Iranian.
They know that we know that the drones are Iranian. We know that they know that we know that the drones are Iranian. But still they pretend the drones are not Iranian.
A great hot mic moment: the expert, member of the Russian Defense Ministry's Public Council, urges the hosts not to mention that the drones used in recent strikes are Iranian, since the authorities refuse to admit that: "It's like an as* — you have it, but don't say the word."
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Correcting
#Zelesnky
adviser confirms major prisoner exchange: 215 Ukrainians (mainly Azov fighters) exchanged for 55 Russians and Putin's friend
#Medvedchuk
, with foreign POWs, including three sentenced to death also freed. Turkey and Saudi Arabia were the brokers.
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Good thread on why Ukraine needs the ability to strike deeper than HIMARs 84 km ranges.
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Even pro-Kremlin analyst Sergei Markov was shocked at today's 19 year sentence against
#Navalny
for "extremism" - in a strict regime cell with lights always on, a ban on speaking, and no letters or visits from family for 10 years...
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Incredible. Military reporter on state TV Alexander Sladkov say Russia lost 17 villages in Kherson and cannot expect a major advance for...two months. Says Russia is "staightening out" its front line.
Meanwhile on Russian state TV: grim predictions that Russia is at least two months away from even attempting to advance. Also, some surprising admissions about how unprepared they were and the magnitude of the losses they've experienced in Ukraine.
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Imagine having this job: unidentified men removing memorial flowers to Boris Nemstov, a great Russian opposition leader, assassinated in 2015. They do it on the day of the death of another towering figure Alexei Navalny, whose supporters say he too was assassinated.
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Evan Gershkovich is a highly respected, excellent journalist, detained by Russia for doing his job, in a shocking turn of events. I know and admire him. It is horrifying to be writing this story. He should be released immediately.
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In a horrifying verdict, Russian opposition politician and
@washingtonpost
opinions contributer Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for criticizing the war against Ukraine.
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Iran is emerging as key to Russia's war effort, with plans to send not just drones but missiles for Ukraine war. This morning Kyiv faced a drone barrage. Iran still denies providing weapons to Russia.
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Researchers track Russian mercenary grouo Wagner and its toxic role, using violence in the Central African Republic to get its hands on diamonds.
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Alexei Navalny: This is what a post-Putin Russia should look like
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Police paddyvans file in early Friday to southeast Moscow, where the
#NavalnyFuneral
will be held this afternoon. Sadly, the scene seems set for confrontation.
Сегодня в Москве должны пройти похороны Алексея Навального
Силовики выстроили ограждения на пути от метро Марьино до Борисовского кладбища. К храму съезжаются автозаки.
Видео: Медиазона
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Valuable conclusions on Putin's latest calendar full of old, old photos (like one of those Tinder profiles where the person passes themself off as glam and young.)
What’s interesting about this 2024 Putin calendar is what you won’t find inside.
@BBCNews
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Markov: "Navalny got horror. Or even horror horror horror. It's not just 19 years. This is a special regime, which means the most severe conditions. No letters or dates for the first 10 years....
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How to flee house arrest in Russia: Escapees tell their secrets
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The nightmare about this case is that senior officials (Kremlin spox Peskov and MFA's Zakharova) are talking about it as if charges have already been proven. Peskov said Evas was "caught red-handed." Extremely worrying.
From WSJ: "The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich. We stand in solidarity with Evan and his family.”
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Markov.."Isn't it too much? Why these cruelties? Why can't Navalny see his wife? He's not a killer...
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Thinking of our brave colleague Evan Gershkovich, an immensely talented young journalist from the Wall Street Journal who faces an unjust trial tomorrow in Yekaterinburg, Russia, accused of spying. He should be released and sent home. He's not a spy.
@FreeGershkovich
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"Either solitary confinement, and if with someone, then it is forbidden to talk with a cellmate under the threat of a punishment cell." He said prisoners move around "in a crooked position." Even at night, the cell light is on.
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Kremlin spokesman Peskov: “The criminal case against the head of the "Wagner" PMC will be dropped. He will go to Belarus. The part of the Wagner who did not take part in the insurgency, will sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense.”
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#Navalny
team is offering "50,000 euros for full and complete information on the murder of Navalny."
❗️50 тысяч евро за ценную и полную информацию об убийстве Алексея Навального и организацию выезда из страны, если вы этого захотите. Сумма увеличилась, потому что нам написало несколько человек, которые предложили добавить свои деньги к вознаграждению.
Присылайте информацию на
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.."Rigidity must be applied in other areas," he said, calling it an "over-harsh verdict."
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Alexei Navalny
@navalny
strongly criticizes the 25 year jail term for prominent opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, calling it “illegal, unconscionable and simply fascist."
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Russian Ministry of Defense confirms it has retreated from Lyman.
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Evocative, fascinating street interview report by
#Navalny
's team, looking at public opinion on
#Russia
's war against
#Ukraine
️ and the power of state propaganda - but only for those who watch it.
I have already published the first video polling on the street in Moscow on whether the Russians support the war or not and how this relates to whether these people watch television or not.
👉
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A monstrous jail term today for St Petersburg musician and artist Sasha Skochilenko - 7 years for putting stickers with anti-war information over supermarket price tags last year. I wrote about her case last year.
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Not satire: Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has described the British authorities' decision not to invite Russian representatives to the funeral ceremony of
#QueenElizabethII
as "deeply immoral." via Interfax
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Boris Kagarlitsky in court today facing charges of "justifying terrorism" in carefully worded Telegram post, that offered no hint at all of such a thing. He said the charges are political, and denies them categorically.
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Putin interview with Tucker Carlson shows Kremlin outreach to Trump’s GOP
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Russian officials/propagandists today drop heavy hints that after annexing more of Ukraine, Kyiv's attacks on those regions would be considered an attack on Russia - with blatant hints on the use of nuclear weapons.
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Here is a link to a must-read article in English by renowned sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, appealing to left figures globally to stop supporting Putin's positions in the war. He was just arrested for "justifying terrorism" and is behind bars now.
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As war fails, Russia’s authoritarian grandmaster backs himself into a corner
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Now the gossip comes out. Kadyrov says Prigozhin grew bitter after St Petersburg govt refused to provide his daughter with the land he wanted for her.
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@RALee85
Plus, Prigozhin said they wanted to dismantle Wagner. It seems they weren't given a proper job after all that blood at Bakhmut
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Russian media reported that journalists were denied access to a Moscow court for the verdict in a closed treason trial of opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza - for criticising the war on Ukraine.
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State capture in the Solomon Islands, a strategic island nation where China is splashing its money and weight around.
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The judge in the Kara-Murza case has already been sanctioned by the United States for his role in the jailing of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky who died in prison after exposed a massive fraud.
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Over 200 Russian journalists, activists demand release of WSJ reporter
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#Prigozhin
, founder of
#Wagner
mercenaries has launched an ugly public fight with top Russian military officials,
#Shoigu
and Gerasimov. Latest: he posted pic of dozens of dead corpses of Russian fighters, accusing Defense Ministry of denying his men ammo.
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It's the harshest sentence for opposing the war. Kara-Murza was accused ot treason for making speeches against the war overseas, and his trial was held in secret.
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Russia: "The British Foreign Office has informed the Russian embassy in London of the decision to refrain from sending invitations to the Russian party, including to the leadership of the Russian embassy, to the funeral events on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
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As the verdict was handed down today, media, diplomats and supporters were denied access to the court-room where the sentence was passed, and funneled into a crowded broadcast room with screens.
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Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly onboard his jet when it was shot down near Tver killed all onboard according to Tass.
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@yulia_navalnaya
addressing the European parliament about
#Navalny
: "Putin must answer for what he has done to my country.
"Putin must answer for what he has done to a neighboring, peaceful country.
"And Putin must answer for everything he has done
to Alexei."
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From Finland's Defense Minister.
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American journalist Evan
#Gershkovich
of the Wall Street Journal will stand trial in Yekaterinburg, Russia on espionage charges, it's been announced today. He is a well-known and excellent reporter arrested for doing his job and should be freed, not tried.
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Russian diplomats tweeting out fake news articles to support their war on Ukraine. Symptom of a hollowed out state where the truth has no value.
Newsflash for the Russian embassy in South Africa, that's a fake Politico article that doesn't actually exist.
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This looks like good news for Kyiv:
Poland’s opposition jubilant, ruling party wary ahead of final election count.
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Editors around the world, the CPJ, and media orgs issue a strong call on Russia, stating that Evan Gershkovich is "a journalist, not a spy, and should be released immediately and without conditions."
via
@CPJ_Eurasia
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The Kremlin is quite open about the removals of children from Russia to Ukraine and there are many links on the Kremlin website where
#Putin
discusses the issue with Lvova-Belova - or where she's pictured bringing children to Russia for adoption.
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More than 1300 people have been arrested across Russia today in protests against mobilization - which some protesters say means being ordered to go to Ukraine and kill Ukrainians
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Kremlin is doing everything it can to drum up anticipation and euphoria over its plans to illegally annex more Ukrainian land, with a 24-hour countdown clock on state TV ahead of "treaties" and a big Putin speech Friday.
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Cyberattack knocks out satellite communications for Russian military
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Zelensky, downbeat yesterday, is upbeat after meeting Biden.
A very good, powerful meeting with Mr. President Biden
@POTUS
.
The meeting was at least twice as long as planned, and it was as meaningful as it needed to be. If the protocol had not stopped the meeting, we would have talked even longer. All the topics. Long-term support.
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Alexei Navalny: This is what a post-Putin Russia should look like - "Russia must cease to be an instigator of aggression and instability. That is possible, and that is what should be seen as a strategic victory in this war."
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A gzillion cellphones film the Wagner tank as it departs its position opposite the military HQ in Rostov.
Wagner’s tank is leaving its position by the circus in Rostov. End of today’s circus.
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Russians will be drafted electronically and can be denied the right to drive, take loans or sell/buy property if they evade the draft, under a law passed by the lower house today.
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Watch Alexei
#Navalny
's widow Yulia, her voice at times trembling with emotion, as she vows to continue his work for a free Russia, and explains why he returned to Russia after the state poisoned him:
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Video of
#AidenAslin
, Sean Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadound after their release in prisoner exchange. All had been sentenced to death in Donetsk show trial.
@RobertJenrick
Great news, Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun shown arriving in Saudi
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Alexei Navalny appeared today in his appeal against repeated isolation cell punishments in prison. “I am not a convict...It is a fact! Everyone in this room and you, Your Honor, know that I am completely illegally detained in IK-6 (penal colony.)
Судье Ким понадобилось 10 минут, чтобы отклонить иск Навального
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Putin's flailing war: “People are not beans. Units are not units, except on a map. If you take a bunch of pissed-off, demoralized, scared, untrained humans, give them weapons and throw them into a fighting force, you don’t have soldiers.”
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Russia’s genocidal propaganda must not be passed off as freedom of speech
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There was overwhelming support for the yes vote from indigenous people in Northern Territory. No vote advocates are today pretending Aborigines didn’t support it. It’s the lies that are divisive, not the vote.
As we keep saying. Most Aboriginal people in remote communities want the voice.
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Great analysis from Riddle Russia — Russian myths of might and unity are all falling apart
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Twitter's weekly ad bookings down 49% over last week, says this report.
NEW: Twitter is delaying the relaunch of Twitter Blue as it tries to skirt Apple's 30% App Store fees. In the meantime, the company's ad revenue is down 49 percent or more week over week in key markets. My latest with
@CaseyNewton
:
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#Prigozhin
new audio message expresses "regret" on Russian airforce servicemen killed by Wagner, but they were firing missiles. He says the motive of the mutiny was to save
#Wagner
from destruction by Russian MOD
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Violating international law, Putin to sign annexation of Ukrainian regions
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From WSJ: "The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich. We stand in solidarity with Evan and his family.”
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The arrest of renowned Russian sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky for "justifying terrorism" was so shocking that even a prominent pro-Kremlin analyst, Sergei Markov, condemned it.
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@TUmarov
There was a time - not very long ago - when pro-Kremlin analysts said Putin would never behave like a Central Asian leader and fail to leave office in 2024. I think some of them really believed it.
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Police stopped an activist, who has been to repeated protest allies, in the Metro - based on facial recognition. They hauled him off to a police station and then, despite his disability, to the military enlistment office.
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Russia: "The British cited the ongoing Russian special military operation in Ukraine as a pretext for this step," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a commentary.
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@francis_scarr
There were seven raccoons and he says one soul. Is Markov suggesting horcruxes?
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A great description of Evan Gerskovich from Polina here. Absolutely nails it.
“Evan is beloved by the Moscow press corps. It’s also important to speak of his generosity as a journalist. He’s always putting other people first, finding time to read your stories, share contacts, sources”,
@evangershkovich
’s friend
@polinaivanovva
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Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had to go into emergency mode after losing power when Russian missiles struck critical infrastructure Thursday. IAEA chief Grossi says it's a "roll of the dice" each time this happens.
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Ukraine war: Zelensky visits frontline city of Bakhmut which has been under intense Russian attack for months. In Russia they contemptuously dismiss him as “that clown.” He’s not.
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Evan Gershkovich appeared in court in a case Tass reports is "top secret." His lawyer was barred from the hearing. Tass reports he denied espionage charges. He was ordered detained until May 29. Horrendous.
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Russia is trying to sever
@navalny
's lifeline, and his legal support in a moment of real cruelty. Russia's appalling treatment of Navalny and other political prisoners makes a mockery of its own laws.
Igor Sergunin - my father’s attorney - has been arrested until December 13th. This is outrageous. You can’t prosecute people for defending someone’s rights.
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Jennifer Hermoso's devastating full statement accuses
#Rubiales
of lying that kiss was consensual. As is obvious from the video
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#Navalny
is facing decades in jail for his opposition to Putin.
#Prigozhin
who raised a mutiny goes free. Navalny, isolated from radio, did not even know about the rebellion, and thought people were joking about it.
1/17 Since June 1, even the radio has been turned off in my cell. I can't see other people, and when I do I'm not allowed to talk to them.
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@mjluxmoore
Stremousov cont..."All those who groveled and prayed for Ukrnazis and neo-fascism, you have made your choice. Now live the life of Donbass and Kherson region. Everyone who understands us, take care of yourself! The Russians are coming!" He likes to use the hashtag Stalin.
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This must be the definition of dystopia. A Russian who fatally stabbed his wife 16 times got no jail because he fought in Ukraine. A member of Navalny's network got 9 years for peaceful opposition.
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Police late at night in Moscow destroying the memorial flowers left for Navalny. A sign of a deeply paranoid fearful regime. They cannot even tolerate the his memory.
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African leaders are meeting with Putin at Russia_Africa summit amid Niger coup. The African Union is staunchly against coups. But Russia, through its state-funded Wagner mercenary arm, not so much.
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One of Alexei
#Navalny
's great courtroom speeches shortly before he was given another 19 years':
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Incredible video. Unverified.
Russian soldiers drive up to
#Ukraine
🇺🇦positions with a white flag tied to their tank and get out and surrender.
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Celebrated Ukrainian war writer killed in Russian strike on restaurant
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Russia keeps trying to blame Friday's terrorist attack on Ukraine. ISIS keeps saying - It was us. Now ISIS released bodycam footage from the terrorists taken during the attack. But
@DavidSacks
and Vladimir
#Putin
will keep pointing to Ukraine.
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For all Putin’s words about respect for African nations, he did not listen and give leaders what they requested. Not handouts. Not gifts. Like a gzillion white leaders before, he ignored their concerns. Lift the grain blockade.
President of South Africa to Putin: "In particular, you spoke about grain. We proposed to implement the Black Sea Grain Initiative, we said that we would like the Black Sea to be open to world markets. And we did not come here to ask for some "gifts" for the African continent."
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This woman waiting in the line to pay tribute to
#Navalny
cries when she says she just hopes to see freedom for her people again before she dies.
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