That step,he said, shows it is designed to absorb those areas into Russia, both de facto and de jure, which is why Russia started the war (in August), Utiashvili said.
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The question is: Do you want to move to the dejure step.
In the 1970s and 1980s, issues such as affirmative action and school busing still riled up many, but dejure racial segregation was no longer considered acceptable by most.