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Vladimir Putin's personal morality and the Russian state's human rights abuses, including forced transfers and suppression of dissent, under his leadership.
that is the richest man in the world; sensational estimates placing his net worth as high as $200 billion circulate in media and among critics, but major wealth trackers decline to list him because cl...
No — available reporting does not support the claim that Vladimir Putin literally "runs" or commands Donald Trump; U.S. intelligence and multiple investigations show Russia mounted influence operation...
’s presidency is widely criticized for concentrating power, curtailing political freedoms, and enabling a system of selective law enforcement and corruption that benefits allies; critics also blame hi...
Reporting and commentary mix well-documented allegations about —, repression of critics, and the —with a stew of exaggerations, conspiratorial leaps, and politically useful caricatures; separating ver...
Reporting across major outlets documents a long pattern of violent suppression of Kremlin critics—poisonings with novichok and polonium, murders by shooting, civic repression and claims of torture—tha...