Lindsey Graham said "Let me be perfectly clear. Vladimir Putin's Russia has made this a zero-sum game. Where democracies prosper in its neighborhood, it loses." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 28, 2017

Let me be perfectly clear. Vladimir Putin's Russia has made this a zero-sum game. Where democracies prosper in its neighborhood, it loses.

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Graham emphasizes the adversarial nature of Russia under Putin towards democracies.

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