Parallels with Latin America are quite inappropriate here: The debt of Russia and the other states has not yet reached the point where even repaying the interest becomes an intolerable financial burden.

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Inventing work for even more surplus commissioners as enlargement proceeded, and diverting resources and staff to their use, would be an intolerable strain.

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