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To: agere_contra
People in Ukraine's Odessa cover "Duke de Richelieu" statue with sandbags.


30 posted on 03/11/2022 10:31:23 PM PST by caww ( )
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Thanks to the internet, I now know that who that statue is of.

Armand de Plessis, 'duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac'.

He cut sales taxes and established (or tried to establish) a 'free economic zone'.

An impressive and much loved man - I'm glad his statue is protected.

56 posted on 03/12/2022 3:06:21 AM PST by agere_contra
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