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Putin simultaneously seeks to control Ukraine, to dominate Russia’s region, and to hasten the fall of the West. And is an internal struggle on the horizon?
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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.