Briefing | A year of war: Militarising Russia
The invasion has stalled, but Putin’s war on dissent marches on
Russian society is almost as closed and repressive as it was in Soviet times
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Editor’s note: This is one of a series of daily articles we will be publishing in the run-up to the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. See the rest of our coverage
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “The home front”
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February 25th 2023
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