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We're no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy it is wrong to scare the people of one's own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis.
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