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The ghost in the machine 2

August 14, 2008 - 2:17 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-14 22:49:32

“The most damning thing I can think of in modern Russian history is that Stalin died of natural causes.”

There’s dispute as to whether he actually did. I tend to buy the theory that Beria did him before he did Beria. But stipulating your premise, it is not substantially less damning that he had ruled for over a quarter of a century than that he died of natural causes.