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		creshal on Nov 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S. No, because they never had any ties to Russia to begin with.

BurningFrog on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

They were part of Russia for several hundred years, gained independence in 1918 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk) and were retaken by Stalin in 1939.

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