{"id":275,"date":"2023-01-15T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/?p=275"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:16:52","slug":"an-interview-with-a-russian-american-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/2023\/01\/15\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview With A Russian-American (My Immigration And International Journalism)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2023\/01\/15\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-3\/\">\u0420\u0423\u0421\u0421\u041a\u041e\u042f\u0417\u042b\u0427\u041d\u0410\u042f \u0412\u0415\u0420\u0421\u0418\u042f<\/a> | \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2023\/01\/15\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-3\/\">RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/interviews\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american\/\">ALL PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW WITH A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Interview With A Russian-American (My Immigration And International Journalism)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjl41iqRQUA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WARNING: At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cjl41iqRQUA&amp;t=1002s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16:42<\/a>, I said that on the 21st of January, I returned to Russia. It was a mistake. In reality, I returned to Philadelphia from New York on the 21st of February, 2022.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 What happened after you made the decision not to return to Russia?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 I moved from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a> City to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philadelphia<\/a> city, rented myself a room in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germantown,_Philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of the cheapest neighborhoods<\/a>, and spent days and nights preparing the necessary documents. Thankfully, the owner of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hampton_Beach,_New_Hampshire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pizza place in the New Hampshire state<\/a> allowed me to work overtime every day throughout the summer, so I managed to save a few thousand dollars. And they were my only savings for an indefinite period of time, because my work authorization from the \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Work_and_Travel_USA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Work and Travel<\/a>\u00bb program expired on September 15, and I could not work anymore. Until I got my papers, I was only using my feet, slept on the floor, bought only the bare necessities at \u00abeverything for a dollar\u00bb stores, and ate a bare minimum once a day. I didn&#8217;t know how many months I would have to wait, and I was already preparing myself for the real possibility of becoming homeless. I deliberately decided right away to not even try to fool the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Citizenship_and_Immigration_Services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Immigration Department<\/a> \u2014 but to follow all of their laws and procedures instead. 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\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I remember all my feelings about visiting an immigration department and talking one-on-one with an immigration officer. I remember what the facilities and offices looked like. I remember the crowds of people trying to stay in the United States no matter what and the faces of these people. I also remember the long wait for a final decision for my case in the department building \u2014 as well as the people who walked in front of me and got their papers rejected one by one. I especially remember when my application was confirmed \u2014 and how I almost passed out from relief that I would not be deported and could be safe with a thousand dollars in savings that I kept for a room and food. I will probably remember all of that for the rest of my life.<br><br><em>\u2014 Did you feel better after you were allowed to stay in the United States?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Yes and no. It wasn&#8217;t until a few days after receiving my permit that I remotely began to understand the price I will have to pay as a Russian immigrant in the United States \u2014 along with the harm to my psychology. 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But in my struggle, I was greatly helped by the thought that it would be wrong to get my papers and not use this opportunity for good, peaceful purposes, both for the people of Russia and for the world. Since I was given the opportunity to stay and I was saved from persecution in Russia, I decided that I needed to help both my fellow citizens and persecuted people around the world.<br>So, after the coronavirus happened and the isolation began, I found one opportunity to put my good peaceful goals into practice. I began to engage in international non-profit non-governmental anonymous journalism and information distribution in 2 languages \u2014 English and Russian. Translation, subtitling, voice-over processing, video edits \u2014 I did all this together with my other \u2014 absolutely regular \u2014 work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94e04dec&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94e04dec\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"6843\" 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decided to behave honestly with them and in accordance with the law. My anonymous activity was my \u00abego test\u00bb \u2014 would I contribute something that did not help me personally and did not increase my visibility? My anonymous activities were also my \u00abrelatively safe way out\u00bb \u2014 for example, if I had an urgent need to notify immigration authorities, leave the United States, and go back to Russia.<br>In short, I needed the Russian government to have no idea that I was in the U.S. and that I engaged in non-profit non-governmental international activities with a focus on materials about Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Did you have access to secret or classified documents?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 No, I made a promise to myself not to even try to gain access to them. More than that, I have made a commitment to distribute only checked and objectively verifiable materials and not to transform any of the materials for the benefit of any political movement or for the benefit of any government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russian government did something terrible? I worked on the related materials and distributed them. The Russian government did something helpful? I also worked on related materials and distributed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People require access to information that is open and as objective as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anticipating your possible question \u2014 no, no one has contacted me from governments or \u00abinterested parties\u00bb. Neither did I contact them. Of course, someone else&#8217;s life turns that way, but I never wanted that for myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, then you might ask: \u00abHow did you even start doing this then?\u00bb And I will have to answer with a question to the question: \u00abHow do people start writing their first journalistic articles \u2014 or updating articles on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>&#8220;, for example?\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They just start it and do it. They start from scratch, without any connections. Not seeking material gain, but unselfishly working for the good of their country and for the good of all people on Earth. And then, in one way or another, they get in touch with like-minded people, with whom they work together and become better at what they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will tell you even more \u2014 anyone can start doing what I have been doing for 2 and a half years. Including you. And all of this anonymous, non-profit, non-governmental activity is a great test of \u00abyour ego\u00bb and your system of values. Thanks to this, you will be able to understand both yourself and the people around you much better \u2014 and you will become more realistic about the world you live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Did you receive money for your activities?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 No, I never took any money for my work. My key principles in my international non-profit work over these 2 and a half years have been neutrality and maximum independence. And I have not violated any of those principles in all that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Can you tell us briefly about your work?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 I worked in a team of anonymous nonprofit journalists like myself. For security reasons, we did not know each other&#8217;s real names or, of course, each other&#8217;s residential addresses. 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But I can list the most local and notable ones in the mass media field. These were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forced coronavirus restrictions and isolation in Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2019_Moscow_protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moscow protests<\/a> and their suppression, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020%E2%80%932021_Belarusian_protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protests in Belarus<\/a> and their suppression, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poisoning_of_Alexei_Navalny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poisoning of Aleksei Navalnyi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2022_Kazakh_unrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protests in Kazakhstan<\/a> \u2014 and many other events from 2020 to 2022. 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That is why I have also covered events in the West and in Europe, including other countries. I have not dealt exclusively with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post-Soviet_states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post-Soviet countries<\/a>. 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Or on some social network?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 We used both different social networks and \u00abWikipedia\u00bb in different languages for promoting the works and updating the encyclopedia articles. We used dozens of accounts of fictional people with different \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Author_profiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">psychological portraits<\/a>\u00bb for publishing, so that we were extremely difficult to track down even despite a big desire. In addition, both our common and my personal journalistic materials, translations, subtitles, voice-overs and video edits were used and distributed by a very huge number of people. Even by the mass media that many people in Russia and around the world have heard of. And I am pretty certain that you know them too \u2014 and even read the materials of these media every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Did this activity affect you psychologically in any way?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Yes, I did it almost every day for a few hours before and after my \u00abnormal\u00bb job. And the more I dealt with the original photos, videos and documents, the more it impacted my psychological state of mind. I can say that my strongest desire to help my fellow citizens and people from all over the world helped me a lot to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, I have never separated myself from my fellow citizens in Russia. 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2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94e0735e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94e0735e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"6855\" src=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230111_26_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_3_01_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" alt=\"A photo of Vlad (Vladimir) Dorokhin with a background of Vladimir Dorokhin at the Brighton Beach area in the New York City shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-6855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230111_26_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_3_01_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1920w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230111_26_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_3_01_3840_2160-720x405.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 720w, https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230111_26_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_3_01_3840_2160-1280x720.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=85&amp;webp=85&amp;sharp=1 1280w, 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I could not sleep anymore that day \u2014 nor, could I normally sleep for several months. And I was far from being alone in that \u2014 including the people in my social circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d8d94e0772e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d8d94e0772e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"6856\" src=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20230111_27_an_interview_with_a_russian_american_part_3_01_3840_2160.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1\" 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\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But I made the necessary decision to resume my anonymous activities back on February 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/interviews\/an-interview-with-a-russian-american\/\">ALL PARTS OF THE INTERVIEW WITH A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2023\/01\/15\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-3\/\">\u0420\u0423\u0421\u0421\u041a\u041e\u042f\u0417\u042b\u0427\u041d\u0410\u042f \u0412\u0415\u0420\u0421\u0418\u042f<\/a> | \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2023\/01\/15\/intervyu-s-russkim-amerikantsem-chast-3\/\">RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-references\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:New_york_times_square-terabass.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Times Square in the New York City<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Philadelphia_City_Hall_7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Philadelphia city<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Germantown_Station_Platform_(September_21,_2013).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Germantown station in the Philadelphia city<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:17_Hampton_Beach,_NH.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the Hampton Beach in New Hampshire<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:U.S._Citizenship_and_Immigration_Service.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of the U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services building<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Vaccination_on_Broadway_(51186133750).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" 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