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Angus King: “Part of Russia's history is a kind of paranoia about the West, going back to Frederick the Great and probably Napoleon.”

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
Part of Russia's history is a kind of paranoia about the West, going back to Frederick the Great and probably Napoleon.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King highlights Russia's historical fears of Western invasions.

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