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Mason Clark and Aidan Therrien: Kremlin tests authoritarian societal control measures during COVID-19 crisis

By Mason Clark, Aidan Therrien.
A security guard wears a scarf at Zaryadye Park in front of the Kremlin in downtown Moscow on March 19, 2020.
Photo by AFP

Putin’s response to the COVID-19 crisis is focused on shaping reality to conform to his desired narrative. The Kremlin is restricting the free flow of information on COVID-19, jailing doctors, and obfuscating its public infection numbers to support Putin’s central narrative that COVID-19 will affect Russia less than much of the world.

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