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‘He wants to prolong the war’ — paranoid Putin cracks down on opposition he once tolerated
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‘He wants to prolong the war’ — paranoid Putin cracks down on opposition he once tolerated
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- currentsapi-gapfill(Mixed)By Antonia Langford
“Russia! Putin! Victory!” sounded the zealous cry, repeated five times by Vyacheslav Volodin, the state Duma’s chairman, as he closed parliament’s final session before September’s elections. Assembled deputies opted for polite applause, but Mr Volodin was rewarded for his enthusi…
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