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Russia's Economy and Politics. In Brief.
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Direct line to Putin
Putin reinstates his annual call-in press conference called "Direct Line"
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Sara Ashbaugh
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Lisa Noskova
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Andras Toth-Czifra
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Natalia Kopytnik
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Why Do Autocrats Make Mistakes?
What does theory say about Vladimir Putin’s decision making?
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Extremely LGBT
 • Sara Ashbaugh, Andras Toth-Czifra, and Lisa Noskova
Freezing their assets off
 • Sara Ashbaugh, Andras Toth-Czifra, and Lisa Noskova
Disorder in Dagestan
 • Sara Ashbaugh, Lisa Noskova, and Andras Toth-Czifra
Finnish finished with Russia
 • Sara Ashbaugh, Andras Toth-Czifra, and Lisa Noskova
Not So Beautiful
 • Sara Ashbaugh, Andras Toth-Czifra, and Lisa Noskova
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Not So Beautiful
A Russian TV channel was fined for airing the music video to the song "So Beautiful" by Sergey Lazarev
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Sara Ashbaugh
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Andras Toth-Czifra
, and 
Lisa Noskova
Extremely LGBT
The Russian Justice Ministry filed a lawsuit to label the international LGBT movement as extremist
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Sara Ashbaugh
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Andras Toth-Czifra
, and 
Lisa Noskova
Finnish finished with Russia
Finland closes some of its border crossing checkpoints with Russia
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Sara Ashbaugh
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Andras Toth-Czifra
, and 
Lisa Noskova
Freezing their assets off
President Putin signed a decree offering to trade Russian residents for their frozen foreign assets
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Sara Ashbaugh
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Andras Toth-Czifra
, and 
Lisa Noskova
Disorder in Dagestan
Antisemitic riots disrupt flights in a Dagestan airport
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Sara Ashbaugh
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Lisa Noskova
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Andras Toth-Czifra
27:12
Watching Russia
Listen now (27 mins) | Where does Russian public sentiment on politics and war stand these days?
Shadow War
A delegation of Hamas representatives arrived in Russia to meet with the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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Duma See, Duma Do
The State Duma unanimously voted to rescind Russia’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Love of Labor
Labor shortages, fuel price hikes, Russia fails to rejoin UNHRC.
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