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www.themoscowtimes.com
President Vladimir Putin is working to silence his most vocal pro-war nationalist critics on the eve of this fall's regional elections and the 2024 presidential election in which he is expected to seek six more years in power. Following the Wagner mutiny, which posed the biggest threat yet to Putin's 23-year rule, the Kremlin now seeks to deploy the same tactics it used to crush Russia's liberal opposition against prominent far-right "patriots" to mitigate its political risks, three Russian officials tol... |
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www.newyorker.com
Joshua Yaffa on how Vladimir Putin outsourced his military ambitions to the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin; and their recent coup against him. |
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meduza.io
On October 28, the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported that Russia's conscription goals had been met. On October 31, President Vladimir Putin said that mobilization was completed - and that he'd "talk to the lawyers" to find out whether a "demobilization" decree was needed to make this official. Now, the Kremlin cites legal opinions that no such decree is necessary. But human-rights advocates are concerned: they think that Putin's earlier mobilization decree, signed on September 21, is still ... |
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www.mlex.com
MLex Summary:A parliamentary inquiry should be opened on the Information Commissioner's Office approach following its decision to not formally investigate the Ministry of Defence's 2022 breach of the data of almost 19,000 Afghan nationals, a group of more than 70 civil society organizations, academics and data protection experts have said. In an open letter to parliament's cross-party Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, the groups said the Afghan breach was part of a broader trend of the ICO shying away from using its enforcement powers, and said a data regulator that failed to deter bad practices was not worth having. |
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