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I played along with prank call by Russian comedians – Irish premier

Source: PA Wire

Irish premier Leo Varadkar has claimed he “played along” with a prank phone call by two Russian comedians posing as African diplomats.

Footage emerged this week of a video call of the incident that took place a couple of months ago, which included the Taoiseach being questioned about the war in Ukraine as well as a

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