There is no way of escaping the realization that a major policy shift has taken place in Russia. A regime that for twenty years sought to be an exemplar of a kind of “hybrid authoritarianism,” seems to be seeking to get back to basics.
Alexei Navalny
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Mark Galeotti: The great turn in Putin’s post-post-modern authoritarianism
People protest against the results of July 1 national vote which approved reforms to the Russian constitution, including a reset for President Vladimir Putin's constitutional term limit that allows him to run two more times and remain in power until 2036, in downtown Saint Petersburg on July 15, 2020.
