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He will serve around two years and eight months in prison; videos show officers hitting protesters with batons.

One of the sensations of the September 17–19 elections in Russia—on the whole absolutely predictable—was the entry of the New People party into the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament). The faction received 5.32 percent of the vote and, accordingly, 13 deputy mandates. This is only a small share of the total number of Duma deputies, which is 450. The …

Opinion | The Russian authorities only seem to care about the pandemic when it comes to jailing opposition activists.

Navalni allies accuse Putin of shutting down opposition-linked websites – 07/26/2021 – World EditorJuly 27, 2021 3 In a context of growing repression in Russia and less than two months before the legislative elections, the allies of Alexei Navalni, the main opponent of President Vladimir Putin, accuse the government of blocking access to 49 websites linked to organizations of opposition. According to information made on social networks, it is no longer possible to access these portals on Russian territory – the AFP news agency has confirmed the inability to access Navalni’s website....

Biden, Putin hold summit to reaffirm disagreement – 12/06/2021 – World ksuadminJune 12, 2021 Next Wednesday (16), Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will write the thirtieth chapter in the rich history of summit meetings between occupants of the White House and the Kremlin since their countries became rivals at the end of World War II. These meetings, both in the Soviet Union and in the Russian era after 1991, have always raised expectations of important announcements or, at least, an improvement of the climate between two countries which represent more than 90% of the arsenal. global nuclear p...