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Richard Foltz, Professor of Religions and Cultures, Concordia University

INSANE: How vladimir putin s security obsession has eroded russian living standards | Rare Historical Photos

Demonstrators shout anti-war slogans in St. Petersburg, Russia, decrying their country's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov famously advised young playwrights that “if in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired.”

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