Russia has foreign enemies who are busily working with co-conspirators right here at home. This is the message that Russian officials, TV anchors and the new laws passed by the State Duma are drilling into everyone’s head. The first law took aim at foreign agents in the form of outside organizations with supposedly subversive agendas. Now the authorities can apply the same label to individuals.
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Maxim Trudolyubov: Authorities need ‘foreign agents’ to rally the people
A view of the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow on Aug. 7, 2019.
