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Putin tightens grip at home, issues chilling warning to rid Russia of ‘traitors’ | South China Morning Post

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Anti-war activists and dissenters in Russia are coming under fire as President Vladimir Putin tightens his grip at home. In a speech on March 16, 2022, Putin issued a chilling warning to “traitors”, and on a “necessary cleansing of society”. Russia’s former deputy prime minister Arkady Dvorkovich faced calls for imm…

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