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" When the USSR collapsed, I was 11, and unlike many people, I don't miss it. "

Margarita Simonyan

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" America had Russia wrapped around it little pinky through the whole '90s. We did everything you told us. And we were eager to do more and more. The whole nation - Russian nation was like, 'Tell us what else we can do to please you. We want to be like you. We love you.' And then in 1999, bam. You bomb Yugoslavia. And that was the end of it. "

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" When the world normalizes, everything is going to be fine with RT. When the U.S. and Russia get along again - and I don't see any deep reasons why we shouldn't get along... we are going to work normally like a normal news organization. "

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" You might not believe me, but I really don't like conspiracy theories. "

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