When confronted with evidence of Russian citizens fighting with the Syrians or against Ukrainians or trolling American voters ahead of an election Russia’s official response is: those are private citizens, they have no military rank, they are traveling at their own risk, they are enthusiastic about what they do.
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Maxim Trudolyubov: The Kremlin’s parallel state is a feature, not a bug
People walk on Red Square past the Kremlin, with St. Basil's Cathedral (L) seen in the background, in Moscow on Dec. 27, 2017.
