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Gerry Connolly: “To cite Russian speakers in Crimea as a rationale for one of the most audacious power grabs in the 21st century, in…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2014
To cite Russian speakers in Crimea as a rationale for one of the most audacious power grabs in the 21st century, in Europe no less, forgets history.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly condemns Russia's justification for its actions in Crimea as historically ignorant.

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