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lisivka on Feb 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

Yeah, USSR was so weak, so it was child play to kill it with just a joke.

ommunist on Feb 7, 2017 [–]

You are missing the point. Most of "political jokes" were psychological vaccination, produced by KGB for a reason completely different from being a provocation.

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