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Beautifully written, and the lessons of Aleksey's life are eternal and universal. Thank you for this beautiful essay. I wonder how many Americans understand how it applies to us at this moment?

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Feb 25Liked by Birgitte Rasine

Thanks for this poignant piece Birgitte!

So many words stood out, these the most to me:

“Those of us here in the United States can only grieve from afar, for we have no Aleksei of our own.”

I see it as an invitation to discuss what is wrong and in need of change in our country.

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lol. He didn’t have different politics than Putin. Watching Putin-haters lionize someone who supported all of Putins foreign policies, including war on The Ukraine, is hilarious. He was against *corruption*, but he was MORE of a nationalist than Putin is. He hated the gays too. You guys are literally retarded

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