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tavernier

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5. That happened in much of the Baltics.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 9, 2022, 06:59 AM

Sep 2022

It doesn’t work. Oil and water. Once Latvia got shed of Russian rule, the Russians were made to know that their language and bullying tactics were not welcome nor dominant any longer.

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