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Brian Whitmore: Extortion as statecraft

By Brian Whitmore.
Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of spying and arrested in Russia stands inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow on August 23, 2019.
Photo by AFP

Paul Whelan’s conviction shows how the Putin regime resembles an organized crime syndicate.

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