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Ugh I had to go look up the population of Russia so that 10mm figure wouldn't get stuck in there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia
See how easy it is? Now imagine the shit someone'd say if there's a $500 billion missile contract on the line.
Thank you for combatting that misinfo.