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In Russia, safety comes cheap

Every time Russia experiences a human catastrophe, the issue of the state’s responsibility is raised for a reason.

By Editors of Republic Magazine
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Kemerovo's Winter Cherry shopping centre, which caught fire on 25 March, killing 64 people. (c) Kommersant Photo Agency/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.

This article originally appeared on Republic. We translate and republish it here with their permission. 

The fire in the Winter Cherry shopping centre in Kemerovo is shocking. Sixty four people are dead, many children are among them.

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