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		venomsnake on July 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Putin Says Snowden Must Stop Hurting U.S. to Stay ... Russia has been playing the Great Game in its sleep since Peter The Great. This country is always changing and always staying the same. So while the ideology of the high command may change you always have very strong central government which is chasing Russian interests with great zeal.

vetinari on July 1, 2013 [–]

They are very similar to UK in this regard.

mscarborough on July 1, 2013 | [–]

Or the United States, Canada, China, etc.

What government is not chasing their own interests (not necessarily the interests of their people, but the bureaucratic body itself).

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