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		agravier on June 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Edward Snowden has not entered Russia - Sergei Lav... Standard diplomatic language perhaps?

notimetorelax on June 25, 2013 | [–]

Plus in both cases these could be translations from Chinese and Russian languages.

CKKim on June 25, 2013 | [–]

That seems the most likely, doesn't it? I'd love it if somewhere there were an official diplomatic language glossary with translations for what these terms really mean, e.g. groundless and unacceptable: "justified and permissible".

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