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On the recordDecember 13, 2011
Prime Minister Putin's assertion that the funds that the United States and other donors provide to civil society groups constitute unwarranted interference in Russia's internal affairs is a tiresome cliche, a well-worn canard, and without foundation.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen criticized Putin's claims about U.S. funding for civil society as unfounded.

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