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Moscow has sought to portray the recent elections across Russia and in illegally occupied areas of Ukraine as a stunning success. However, evidence shows that not all went as planned.
Russian Authorities Redouble Pressure to Preserve Crimeans’ Loyalty Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 21 Pro-Navalny protest in Sevastopol, Crimea, January 23 (Source: Spektr) Moscow and most Russian regions saw a series of huge rallies at the end of January and early February, in which protesters demanded the immediate release of Russian dissident and opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Remarkably, on January 23, a crowd of several hundred pro-Navalny demonstrators even gathered in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol (illegally annexed, along with the peninsula, from Ukrai...