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Russia: All Pigs Are Equal…

Written byVilhelm Konnander
Posted 2 August 2008 22:15 GMT

LJ user kaloy draws a thought-provoking parallell (RUS) between the declaration of a state of emergency in North Ossetia, because of African swine plague, and the neighbouring Ingushetia, where 23 people were killed and 17 injured in a low-intensity conflict only last month, and posts shaking pictures to illustrate the comparison.

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