A journalist in Moscow and a governor in Russia’s Far East are the most high-profile victims of what appears to be a fresh and intensifying round of repression by Vladimir Putin’s regime. They also highlight cracks and fears that are starting to appear in the Kremlin monolith amid the covid-19 pandemic and in the aftermath of a July 1 plebiscite to keep Putin in power through 2036.
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Brian Whitmore: Fear and loathing in post-plebiscite Russia
A view of a tower of the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry building during the rain in Moscow on July 16, 2020.
