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Chechen fighter displaying his improvised submachinegun, Grozny, Chechnya, First Chechen War, 1995 (upload.wikimedia.org)
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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 points 4 weeks ago

And Belarus. They just never got past the protests stage because it was suppressed a lot harder. It's too useful as a satellite to let go.