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A man set himself on fire outside of a government service center in Moscow on Friday, Russian media reported, saying that he was
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the southwestern side of the Russian capital, according to the tabloid newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets.The service center confirmed that a
website, citing an unnamed source, reported that the man was 61-year-old Sergei Solovyov.Moskovsky Komsomolets said eyewitnesses heard the
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