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On the recordJune 12, 2013
What we are witnessing today in Russia, as President Putin cracks down on political dissent and shutters much of civil society, is not yet 'The Great Purge,' but this hearing will draw light on the dangerous trendlines in Russia that are beginning to suggest that this great nation is backsliding to a part of its history that it should not and cannot repeat.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy compares current Russian repression to Stalin's purges, warning of historical backsliding.

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