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		euroderf on March 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sweden Is a NATO Member > “the Ukraine”; the latter term was used in Soviet times to diminish its autonomy by implying it was just a region of the USSR. Source ?

pimlottc on March 7, 2024 [–]

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