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RUSSIANS FEAR DAYS NUMBERED WITH `666' ID CODE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) ...Thousands of Russian Orthodox priests...monks, and believers are refusing...mark of the antichrist. The uproar...s rampant tax evasion by issuing each Russian citizen a...identification numbers. Petitions...trouble getting ...

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