05/20/2009
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"What will happen to that amount of money? where will it go? who will have control over it in the U.S. Government?"
"We urge the United States to take notice of what is happening in Russia, of how we're slipping backwards, not towards progress, but toward repression."
"Russia's partnership on a number of issues does not preclude us from taking a hard look at what appears to be a systematic crackdown on internationally recognized basic freedoms."
"It appears that President Putin has little tolerance for anyone who appears to disagree in any way with the policies of his administration."