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</header><div class="entry-content"><p>You&#8217;ve probably reached this page because you attempted to visit the site &#8220;Russia, Other Points of View&#8221;. That site was retired at the beginning of 2016. All current posts by Sharon Tennison and other Center for Citizen Initiatives (CCI) contributors are now on this site.</p>
<p>If you were trying to find an old article on the ROPV site, one option is to use the Internet Archive &#8220;Wayback Machine&#8221;, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160130013347/http://www.russiaotherpointsofview.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. Otherwise, welcome to our new site!</p>
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