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Russia Is Facing a Spring of Discontent, and Putin Is Responding in the only Way He Knows How.
Police detained a Novaya Gazeta journalist as raids and extremist designations widened pressure on independent media and civic groups, Reuters reported.
Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN: Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing a spring of discontent. Intermittent digital blackouts in Russian cities have struck a nerve with ordinary citizens and are generating public backlash against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia has weathered the economic hardships of the war, while its security services keep protests at bay. Moreover, the conflict in the Middle East has giv…
Analysis by Nathan Hodge, CNN: Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing a spring of discontent. Intermittent digital blackouts in Russian cities have struck a nerve with ordinary citizens and are generating public backlash against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia has weathered the economic hardships of the war, while its security services keep protests at bay. Moreover, the conflict in the Middle East has giv…