For a year now, since a deeply disputed August 2020 election in Belarus and a near-fatal nerve-agent poisoning in Russia less than two weeks later, crackdowns on government opponents, civil society, and independent media outlets have been broadening in both Russia and Belarus.
RFE/RL: A poisonous August in Russia
A security officer walks in Zaryadye park in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower and St Basil's cathedral during the sunset in downtown Moscow on July 29, 2021.
