“They do not represent the interests of the Russian state
Maybe they’re not even Russians,
Maybe they’re Ukrainians, Tatars, Jews, just with Russian citizenship, even that needs to be checked.”

— Vladimir Putin

The Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=544708 (10 March 2018)
2016 - 2018

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“They do not represent the interests of the Russian state
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Maybe they’re Ukrainians, Tatars, Jews, just with Russian citizenship, even that needs to be checked.”