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Italy has sun and tomatoes, and Russia just has real problems.

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
St. Petersburg
Russia
Sun
Problems
Problem
Real
Tomatoes
Italy

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