The other day—as I was making my excuses about the podcast and invoking the fact that I, like everyone else, must eventually turn to dust—a friend of mine lay dying.

在前些天解释自己为何疏于更新播客的文章里，我提到了一位朋友的离世，于是想到自己和其他人一样终究难免一死。

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I would like to pay particular tribute to Professor Li-Ping Geng, a very good friend to Canada, and those interested in Canada, for making this possible.

我特别要向耿力平教授这位加拿大的挚友和那些对加拿大感兴趣的人致意，正是他们的努力使这成为可能。

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And let me put it straightforward: I have outlined our limits for such sanctions, our understanding of these sanctions, and I said that in making decisions like that, I, as friend of the Russian Federation, will proceed from two premises.

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