We reported for months on changes sweeping Russia. Here’s what we found.
5/6/24
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from The Washington Post,
5/6/24:
Over six months, The Post examined Putin’s transformation of Russia as he uses the war in Ukraine to cement his grip on power.
Some people interviewed for this series in Russia have since been imprisoned or have fled.
Here’s what our reporting revealed:
The new Russia is positioning itself as a superpower nemesis of the United States.
The new Russia claims to defend Orthodox values against Western cultural influences.
The new Russia is militarizing society and indoctrinating a new generation of patriots.
The new Russia is glorifying Stalin and rewriting history to whitewash Soviet crimes
The new Russia is crushing all dissent and restricting personal freedoms.
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