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A new CNN documentary about jailed opposition figurehead Aleksei Navalny offers insights into Putin’s challengers.
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Much of what is happened in Russia right now can be traced back to changes to the constitution in 1993.
Russian pranksters and anti-free speech advocates Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov, left, and Alexei “Lexus” Stolyarov in Moscow in 2016.
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Political phone pranksters played a big part in the passage of draconian laws that strangle free expression in Russia.
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While some oligarchs have broken ranks with the Kremlin, there is no sign yet other elites are so discontented as to take action against Putin.
Vladimir Putin delivers a speech before the start of the first match of the 2018 World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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Vladimir Putin has built a state-led strategy focused on building power and exerting control across the world, through the use of sport.
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Vladimir Putin’s popularity could come crumbling down if anti-war sentiment in Russia continues to grow.
Russia’s choice: voters go to the polls to elect the Duma, or parliament.
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Russia’s state broadcaster works hand-in-hand with the Kremlin to push the party line.
Supporters of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny rally to protest as their leader remains on hunger strike in a prison hospital.
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The Russian opposition leader remains in prison, but has now ended his hunger strike.
‘Putin is a thief’: protesters taking part in one of the many rallies against the arrest of opposition activist Alexei Navalny, January 2021.
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A new generation of investigative journalists is revealing the depth of corruption in Russian public life.
Alexei Navalny at a recent rally commemorating the 2015 murder of opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov.
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Who is Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition activist seriously ill after suspected poisoning.
Putin’s inauguration in 2000: the end of a wild decade.
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Today’s concentration of power in the Russian presidency has its roots in the chaos of the 1990s.
Putin: smiles to and from the polling station.
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Results of a nationwide poll showed 78% of voters backed changes to Russia’s constitution.
Russians: going to the polls amid a pandemic.
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Russians are heading to the polls from June 25 to July 1 in a referendum on constitutional changes. A new survey found young Russians think Vladimir Putin should step back from power.
Shortparis in 2019.
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By embracing Russia as its primary source of inspiration, ‘indi’ is protesting about the country’s socio-political problems in its own language.
Vladimir Putin: 20 years at the helm.
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Putin’s rule has defined what political power means in post-Soviet Russia, with important consequences for the rest of the world.
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Vladimir Putin has proposed changes to the Russian constitution, which could mark the start of a shift in his persona as a national hero.
Vladimir Putin: let’s make these changes.
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The seven ways Vladimir Putin wants to change Russia’s constitution.
Many opposition candidates were banned from elections to Moscow’s Duma.
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United Russia lost a third of its seats in the Moscow Duma – what does this mean for Vladimir Putin?
The presidents of Russia and Egypt.
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Russia’s efforts to sow discord, discontent and chaos extend far beyond the US, including into leading media outlets in the Arab world.
Russia is increasingly making its military power felt in the Asia-Pacific region.
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With Russia’s military capacity and soft power influence steadily increasing in the Asia-Pacific region, it may be time to reevaluate Australia’s Russia strategy.