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In Putin's Russia, the Past Is Never Past

Alexander Baunov
  • December 20, 2021
  • Foreign Policy
Summary:  Their motivation is quite simple: Too much light on past repression, the Kremlin fears, could lead Russians to question the government’s present-day activities, including the jailing of opposition politicians, repression of civil society, and harsh new laws against independent media and NGOs.
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