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Я/МЫ *

* I/WE

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pronoun • ja/mɨ • Initially used in 2019 to condemn the unfair detention of a correspondent of the newspaper "Meduza", Ivan Golunov. It became a symbol of solidarity and a meme.

Note: On the posters "I" and "We" are intertwined.

"Я/МЫ - это вся страна."

"I/We are the whole country."

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