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Jim Risch: “This is their fault. It is no fault of the Ukraine or any other country. Russia made this decision by itself.”

On the recordJuly 19, 2022
This is their fault. It is no fault of the Ukraine or any other country. Russia made this decision by itself.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch blames Russia for the crisis affecting Ukraine and global starvation.

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