Those Russian Scamps


	Those Russian Scamps

AtlLiberal

8-5-2008 4:02 PM

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russia, sex, workplace, law, harassment

AtlLiberal says:

I'm admittedly ignorant of Russian societal customs yet this story seems so absurd to be almost unbelievable.

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8-7-2008 12:08 PM

tanyamm

I think the judge is just nuts!

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