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# In Any Dispute, the First Thing Done Is to Bribe the Judge
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- Published: 2026-07-13T20:16:26.000Z
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- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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> In any dispute, the first thing done is to bribe the judge. Money is taken from both sides, as is well known, and he who gives more wins the case.

Thomas Salmon, "Modern History, or the Present State of ... Russia", 1735