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It appeared to be the first sign of discontent in the packed eastern Ukraine auditorium. Shortly after the "People's Tribunal of Novorossia," had overwhelmingly approved a death sentence for an alleged rapist, a feared separatist commander opined on the causes of such crimes against women. 

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