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#TimothySnyder :

There was once this republic that lasted for more than 200 years.

This republic had a minority faction in parliament that supported Russia.

This republic also had antique procedural rules that allowed one person to halt a vote.

Some legislators from this republic used procedural rules to support Russian imperialism.

Then this republic ceased to exist.

I was thinking of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. What were you thinking of?

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