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On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
I am concerned by the trajectory in the Ukraine, as the human rights situation worsens it is starting to remind me of the shameful conditions of the Soviet era in which the yokes were broken from.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin expresses concern over Ukraine's worsening human rights situation reminiscent of the Soviet era.

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