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Russia Archive

Archives for December 2014

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Putin just imprisoned an innocent man to silence his opposition-leader brotherPutin just imprisoned an innocent man to silence his opposition-leader brother
Russia

Oleg Navalny, an apolitical former postal worker, was sentenced to three and a half years in jail to intimidate his brother Alexei, an anti-Putin activist, into silence.

By Max Fisher
Russia
Putin couldn’t make Russia a great power, so he made it a geopolitical racketeerPutin couldn’t make Russia a great power, so he made it a geopolitical racketeer
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“This is the geopolitics of the protection racketeer and it wins no friends, earns no soft power.”

By Max Fisher
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The worse Russia’s economy gets, the more dangerous Putin becomesThe worse Russia’s economy gets, the more dangerous Putin becomes
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The Russian leader is cornered.

By Max Fisher
Russia
Russian state TV shows fake video as “proof” US parents indoctrinate kids with gay pornRussian state TV shows fake video as “proof” US parents indoctrinate kids with gay porn
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State-owned Rossiya-1 mistook this obviously satirical viral video as news footage showing life in the US.

By Max Fisher

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