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Eliot Engel: “It is estimated that Putin is spending more than $600 million a year to deride democratic pluralism.”

On the recordApril 14, 2015
It is estimated that Putin is spending more than $600 million a year to deride democratic pluralism.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel discusses the financial resources Putin allocates to undermine democracy.

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