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  31. <title>Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov booked for main event at UFC Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3</title>
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  40. <description><![CDATA[<p>Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov are finally set to clash at an upcoming UFC Fight Night card in Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3. The long awaited bantamweight matchup was originally supposed to happen back in 2023 but a shoulder injury derailed Nurmagomedov and Sandhagen ended up winning a lopsided decision over Rob Font instead. Now [&#8230;]</p>
  41. <p>The post <a href="https://mutitu.com/cory-sandhagen-vs-umar-nurmagomedov-booked-for-main-event-at-ufc-abu-dhabi-on-aug-3/">Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov booked for main event at UFC Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mutitu.com">MUTITU</a>.</p>
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  44. <p id="QcrFaS">Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov are finally set to clash at an upcoming UFC Fight Night card in Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3.</p>
  45. <p id="H9jGam">The long awaited bantamweight matchup was originally supposed to happen back in 2023 but a shoulder injury derailed Nurmagomedov and Sandhagen ended up winning a lopsided decision over Rob Font instead. Now they’ll meet in the five-round main event as the UFC returns to Abu Dhabi in August.</p>
  46. <p id="CLVucy">UFC officials announced the matchup and the event early Monday morning.</p>
  47. <p id="bYnvWd">A winner of three fights in a row, Sandhagen remains a constant near the top of the 135-pound division with hopes that he’ll soon earn an opportunity to become champion. In addition to his win over Font this past August, Sandhagen also holds victories over recent title challenger Marlon “Chito” Vera and Song Yadong during his current streak.</p>
  48. <p id="ZRJ43M">Meanwhile, Nurmagomedov has quickly become one of the most talked about prospects on the entire UFC roster. As a cousin to retired UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, the 28-year-old Russian came into the promotion with a lot of hype already around him and he’s lived up to expectations with a perfect 5-0 record inside the octagon.</p>
  49. <p id="CatImZ">Most recently, Nurmagomedov dispatched newcomer Bekzat Almakhan in March to move his overall record to 17-0.</p>
  50. <p id="oX9fPE">He’ll face his stiffest competition to date when he meets Sandhagen in the main event for the UFC’s return to Abu Dhabi in August.</p>
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  61. <title>Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises with many still missing &#124; Floods News</title>
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  66. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 11:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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  70. <description><![CDATA[<p>The death toll is rising as heavy rains continue to lash southern Brazil, driving floodwaters higher. The storms and flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 78 people, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced. Volunteers using boats, jet skis – and even swimming [&#8230;]</p>
  71. <p>The post <a href="https://mutitu.com/death-toll-from-southern-brazil-rainfall-rises-with-many-still-missing-floods-news/">Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises with many still missing | Floods News</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mutitu.com">MUTITU</a>.</p>
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  74. <p class="tr-story-p1">The death toll is rising as heavy rains continue to lash southern Brazil, driving floodwaters higher.</p>
  75. <p class="tr-story-p1">The storms and flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 78 people, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced.</p>
  76. <p>Volunteers using boats, jet skis – and even swimming – have assisted in rescue efforts. In the state capital, Porto Alegre, Fabiano Saldanha said he and three friends used jet skis to save about 50 people from floodwaters since Friday.</p>
  77. <p>The death toll could still increase significantly, with 105 people reported missing on Sunday, up from about 70 the prior day, according to the state civil defence authority. It also said it was investigating whether four more deaths were related to the storms.</p>
  78. <p>Driven by the persistent heavy rains, flooding has affected more than two-thirds of the nearly 500 cities in the state, which borders Uruguay and Argentina, displacing hundreds of thousands of people, according to authorities.</p>
  79. <p>Roads and bridges have been damaged in several cities. Rains have also triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam at a small hydroelectric power plant.</p>
  80. <p>More than 400,000 people were without power on Sunday evening, while nearly a third of the state’s population was without water, authorities said.</p>
  81. <p>In Porto Alegre, the Guaiba Lake breached its banks, hitting the highest water level on record, according to the Geological Survey of Brazil. The city’s international airport has suspended all flights since Friday.</p>
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  97. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 11:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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  101. <description><![CDATA[<p>অন্যদিকে আশার আন্তর্জাতিক অভিষেক হচ্ছে ৩৩ বছর ৫১ দিন বয়সে। ভারতের হয়ে আন্তর্জাতিক টি-টোয়েন্টিতে সবচেয়ে বেশি বয়সে অভিষেকের রেকর্ড গড়েছেন তিনি। আগের রেকর্ডটি ছিল সীমা পূজারের। ২০০৮ সালে সিডনিতে ৩২ বছর ৫০ দিন বয়সে অভিষেক হয়েছিল পেসার সীমার। সব মিলিয়ে আন্তর্জাতিক টি-টোয়েন্টিতে সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে অভিষেকের রেকর্ডটি জার্সির নিয়া গ্রেগের। ২০১৯ সালে ফ্রান্সের বিপক্ষে অভিষেকের [&#8230;]</p>
  102. <p>The post <a href="https://mutitu.com/%e0%a6%b9%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%85%e0%a6%ad%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%b7%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%95-%e0%a7%a7%e0%a7%aa-%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%9b%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc/">হাবিবার অভিষেক ১৪ বছর বয়সে, আশা নামছেন ৩৩ পেরিয়ে</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mutitu.com">MUTITU</a>.</p>
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  106. <p>অন্যদিকে আশার আন্তর্জাতিক অভিষেক হচ্ছে ৩৩ বছর ৫১ দিন বয়সে। ভারতের হয়ে আন্তর্জাতিক টি-টোয়েন্টিতে সবচেয়ে বেশি বয়সে অভিষেকের রেকর্ড গড়েছেন তিনি। আগের রেকর্ডটি ছিল সীমা পূজারের। ২০০৮ সালে সিডনিতে ৩২ বছর ৫০ দিন বয়সে অভিষেক হয়েছিল পেসার সীমার।</p>
  107. <p>সব মিলিয়ে আন্তর্জাতিক টি-টোয়েন্টিতে সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে অভিষেকের রেকর্ডটি জার্সির নিয়া গ্রেগের। ২০১৯ সালে ফ্রান্সের বিপক্ষে অভিষেকের দিন তাঁর বয়স ছিল মাত্র ১১ বছর ৪০ দিন। আইসিসির পূর্ণ সদস্যদেশগুলোর মধ্যে সে রেকর্ড আয়ারল্যান্ডের গ্যাবি লুইসের, ২০১৪ সালে দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার বিপক্ষে ১৩ বছর ১৬৬ দিনে অভিষেক হয়েছিল পরবর্তী সময়ে আয়ারল্যান্ডকে নেতৃত্ব দেওয়া এ লেগ স্পিন অলরাউন্ডারের।</p>
  108. <p>মেয়েদের আন্তর্জাতিক টি-টোয়েন্টিতে সবচেয়ে বেশি বয়সে অভিষেকের রেকর্ডটি চমকে ওঠার মতোই। সে রেকর্ড আবার হয়েছে কিছুদিন আগেই। গত মাসে এস্তোনিয়ার বিপক্ষে আন্তর্জাতিক টি-টোয়েন্টিতে অভিষেকের দিন জিব্রাল্টারের সালি বার্টনের বয়স ছিল ৬৬ বছর ৩৪৯ দিন!</p>
  109. <p>আইসিসির পূর্ণ সদস্যদেশগুলোর মধ্যে পামেলা লেভিন সবচেয়ে বেশি বয়সে অভিষেকের তালিকায় সবার ওপরে। ২০০৯ সালে টন্টনে দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার বিপক্ষে ৪০ বছর ৯১ দিন বয়সে অভিষেক হয়েছিল এ অলরাউন্ডারের।</p>
  110. <p>সিলেটে আজ টসে জিতে বোলিং নিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ। এরই মধ্যে সিরিজ হেরে বসা স্বাগতিকেরা আজ দলে এনেছে তিনটি পরিবর্তন। হাবিবা ছাড়াও একাদশে আছেন স্বর্ণা আক্তার ও রুবাইয়া হায়দার। তাঁদের জায়গা করে দিয়েছেন সোবহানা মোস্তারি, ফাহিমা খাতুন ও ফারিহা ইসলাম।</p>
  111. <p>অন্যদিকে ভারত দলে এসেছে দুটি পরিবর্তন। আশার অভিষেকের দিনে দলে ফিরেছেন তিতাস সাধু। তাঁরা খেলছেন রেনুকা সিং ঠাকুর ও শ্রেয়াঙ্কা পাতিলের জায়গায়।</p>
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  123. <title>Peace or war, midwives keep delivering — Global Issues</title>
  124. <link>https://mutitu.com/peace-or-war-midwives-keep-delivering-global-issues/</link>
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  128. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 11:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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  132. <description><![CDATA[<p>This year the vital role of midwives during the ongoing climate crisis is in the spotlight. Every two minutes, a woman or girl dies due to pregnancy-related complications, a figure that climate change threatens to exacerbate said UNFPA, underscoring the crucial role that midwives play in mitigating these risks. “When crisis strikes, midwives are often [&#8230;]</p>
  133. <p>The post <a href="https://mutitu.com/peace-or-war-midwives-keep-delivering-global-issues/">Peace or war, midwives keep delivering — Global Issues</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mutitu.com">MUTITU</a>.</p>
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  137. <p>This year the vital role of midwives during the ongoing climate crisis is in the spotlight. </p>
  138. <p>Every two minutes, a woman or girl dies due to pregnancy-related complications, a figure that <strong>climate change threatens to exacerbate</strong> said UNFPA, underscoring the crucial role that midwives play in mitigating these risks. </p>
  139. <p>“When crisis strikes, midwives are often first on the scene, especially in remote communities. They know that <strong>babies arrive no matter a childbearing woman’s circumstances </strong>– whether she’s resting at home or fleeing it due to conflict or disaster,” UNFPA chief Dr. Natalia Kanem said in a statement marking the Day. </p>
  140. <p>Alongside their immediate task of attending births, midwives deliver up to 90 percent of other sexual and reproductive health services.</p>
  141. <h2>When war strikes</h2>
  142. <p>The importance of midwives as critical healthcare providers has soared during a time when conflict seems to be proliferating. Their role goes far beyond assisting women in labour, extending to vital psychological support for women and children in distress.</p>
  143. <p>The UN World Health Organization (WHO) marked the day with a video, showcasing Samar Nazmi Muwafi, the staff midwife and head nurse at the Al-Emarati hospital in Gaza. </p>
  144. <p>Despite the enormous workload – up to 500 female patients go through the hospital’s emergency room every day – she stays strong by focusing on patient care. </p>
  145. <p>“I learned to smile. I always draw my smile to make the patients feel comfortable,” says Samar Nazmi Muwafi.</p>
  146. <h2>Acute deficit</h2>
  147. <p>There is a severe <strong>shortage of around a million midwives globally</strong>. Challenging working conditions, gender discrimination contributing to low wages and reports of harassment, have deterred many from entering the profession. </p>
  148. <p>According to UNFPA data from 2023, <strong>287,000 women continue to lose their lives giving birth each year. Around 2.4 million newborns die</strong> and an additional 2.2 million are stillborn. </p>
  149. <p>Universal access to midwives offers the best and most cost-efficient solution to end preventable maternal deaths, UNFPA says. By closing the deficit in the number of midwives, <strong>two thirds of maternal and newborn deaths could be prevented</strong>, saving over 4.3 million lives a year by 2035.</p>
  150. <p>UNFPA has already helped countries educate and train over 350,000 midwives in line with international standards to help improve the quality of care they provide, and the work continues. </p>
  151. </div>
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  161. <title>Von der Leyen warns China&#8217;s Xi on &#8216;market distorting practices&#8217;</title>
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  166. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 11:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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  170. <description><![CDATA[<p>French President Emmanuel Macron (R) gestures as he greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of the Chinese President&#8217;s arrival at the Elysee presidential palace. Ludovic Marin/AFP/dpa European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that the European Union will not tolerate Beijing&#8217;s &#8220;market distorting practices&#8221; ahead of [&#8230;]</p>
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  180. <p><figcaption class="caption-collapse">French President Emmanuel Macron (R) gestures as he greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of the Chinese President&#8217;s arrival at the Elysee presidential palace. Ludovic Marin/AFP/dpa</figcaption></p>
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  182. <p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that the European Union will not tolerate Beijing&#8217;s &#8220;market distorting practices&#8221; ahead of a three-way meeting in Paris on Monday.</p>
  183. <p>Xi was scheduled to meet von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace on Monday morning. He arrived in the French capital on Sunday on a six-day European trip which will also include stops in Serbia and Hungary.</p>
  184. <p>Chinese state subsidies for its electric vehicle and steel industries pose a serious threat to European industries and could even lead to &#8220;de-industrialization in Europe,&#8221; von der Leyen said, in comments made public.</p>
  185. <p>&#8220;China is currently manufacturing, with massive subsidies, more than it is selling due to its own weak domestic demand,&#8221; von der Leyen said. &#8220;This is leading to an oversupply of Chinese subsidized goods, such as EVs [electric vehicles] and steel, that is leading to unfair trade,&#8221; she added.</p>
  186. <p>Von der Leyen said &#8220;current imbalances in market access are not sustainable and need to be addressed.&#8221;</p>
  187. <p>The European Commission announced last year that it would examine possible tariffs on electric cars from China. Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has signed a deal to begin manufacturing cars in Hungary, where Xi will end his European trip on Friday.</p>
  188. <p>Von der Leyen emphasized that the EU is not seeking to &#8220;decouple from China,&#8221; describing Europe&#8217;s relationship with China as &#8220;one of the most complex, but also one of the most important.&#8221;</p>
  189. <p>According to reports from Paris, Xi&#8217;s state visit will focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, economic issues and climate protection. Cooperation in the fields of culture, sport and science are also on the agenda.</p>
  190. <p>Following the meeting at the Élysée Palace, Macron and Xi plan to meet in the afternoon for one-on-one talks. A Franco-Chinese business meeting and a state banquet are scheduled for the evening.</p>
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  201. <title>North Korea marks Kim Jong Un&#8217;s birthday with loyalty oaths</title>
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  206. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 11:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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  210. <description><![CDATA[<p>NEW DELHI: North Koreans were made to take loyalty oaths on leader Kim Jong Un&#8216;s birthday for the first time since he came to power in 2011, as per a South Korean research institute, Reuters reported. &#8220;Kim Jong Un&#8217;s choice to host a loyalty oath ceremony on his 40th birthday, as he begins his 13th [&#8230;]</p>
  211. <p>The post <a href="https://mutitu.com/north-korea-marks-kim-jong-uns-birthday-with-loyalty-oaths/">North Korea marks Kim Jong Un&#8217;s birthday with loyalty oaths</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mutitu.com">MUTITU</a>.</p>
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  214. <div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->North Koreans<!-- --> were made to take <!-- -->loyalty oaths<!-- --> on leader <!-- -->Kim Jong Un<!-- -->&#8216;s birthday for the first time since he came to power in 2011, as per a <!-- -->South Korean research institute<!-- -->, Reuters reported. <br />&#8220;Kim Jong Un&#8217;s choice to host a loyalty oath ceremony on his 40th birthday, as he begins his 13th year in power, signals a shift towards political assertiveness, departing from his predecessors&#8217; approach,&#8221; the institute said.<br />The oaths which could not be independently verified were administered on, January 8, Kim&#8217;s 40th birthday, according to the South and North Development Institute (Sand), that released photos of the oath in an ornate folder on Friday.<br />The nuclear-armed country has never officially made public Kim&#8217;s birth date, and such oath ceremonies have usually taken place on the birthdays of his father and grandparents, the previous rulers.<br />North Korea could recognize Kim&#8217;s birthday as an official anniversary as early as next year, Sand&#8217;s president, Choi Kyong-hui told Reuters.<br />According to a Western tour agency with partners in Pyongyang and analysts who monitor official media, North Korea has stopped referring to founding leader Kim Il Sung&#8217;s April 15 birth day as the &#8220;Day of the Sun&#8221; for the first time this year, Reuters reported.<br />The Kim family dynasty has dominated the country since its inception following <!-- -->World War II<!-- -->, increasing their hold on power by creating personality cults around them.</div>
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  305. <title>Putin forges a Russian society built on regressive, militarized values</title>
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  310. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 10:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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  314. <description><![CDATA[<p>MOSCOW — As Vladimir Putin persists in his bloody campaign to conquer Ukraine, the Russian leader is directing an equally momentous transformation at home — re-engineering his country into a regressive, militarized society that views the West as its mortal enemy. Putin’s inauguration on Tuesday for a fifth term will not only mark his 25-year-long [&#8230;]</p>
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  318. <p text="MOSCOW — As Vladimir Putin persists in his bloody campaign to conquer Ukraine, the Russian leader is directing an equally momentous transformation at home — re-engineering his country into a regressive, militarized society that views the West as its mortal enemy." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">MOSCOW — As Vladimir Putin persists in his bloody campaign to conquer Ukraine, the Russian leader is directing an equally momentous transformation at home — re-engineering his country into a regressive, militarized society that views the West as its mortal enemy.</p>
  319. <p text="Putin’s inauguration on Tuesday for a fifth term will not only mark his 25-year-long grip on power but also showcase Russia’s shift into what pro-Kremlin commentators call a “revolutionary power,” set on upending the global order, making its own rules, and demanding that totalitarian autocracy be respected as a legitimate alternative to democracy in a world redivided by big powers into spheres of influence." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin’s inauguration on Tuesday for a fifth term will not only mark his 25-year-long grip on power but also showcase Russia’s shift into what pro-Kremlin commentators call a “revolutionary power,” set on upending the global order, making its own rules, and demanding that totalitarian autocracy be respected as a legitimate alternative to democracy in a world redivided by big powers into spheres of influence.</p>
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  336. <p>“Russia, Remastered” examines how Vladimir Putin, stoking conflict with the West and risking a new world war, is harnessing his invasion of Ukraine to transform Russia and fulfill his revanchist vision of a restored superpower.</p>
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  346. <p text="“Russians live in a wholly new reality,” Dmitri Trenin, a pro-Kremlin analyst, wrote in reply to questions about an essay in which he argued that Russia’s anti-Western shift was “more radical and far-reaching” than anything anticipated when Putin invaded Ukraine but also “a relatively minor element of the wider transformation which is going on in Russia’s economy, polity, society, culture, values, and spiritual and intellectual life.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“Russians live in a wholly new reality,” Dmitri Trenin, a pro-Kremlin analyst, wrote in reply to questions about an essay in which he argued that Russia’s anti-Western shift was “more radical and far-reaching” than anything anticipated when Putin invaded Ukraine but also “a relatively minor element of the wider transformation which is going on in Russia’s economy, polity, society, culture, values, and spiritual and intellectual life.”</p>
  347. <p text="In “Russia, Remastered,” The Washington Post documents the historic scale of the changes Putin is carrying out and has accelerated with breathtaking speed during two years of brutal war even as tens of thousands of Russians have fled abroad. It is a crusade that gives Putin common cause with China’s Xi Jinping as well as some supporters of former president Donald Trump. And it raises the prospect of an enduring civilizational conflict to subvert Western democracy and — Putin has warned — even threatens a new world war." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In “Russia, Remastered,” The Washington Post documents the historic scale of the changes Putin is carrying out and has accelerated with breathtaking speed during two years of brutal war even as tens of thousands of Russians have fled abroad. It is a crusade that gives Putin common cause with China’s Xi Jinping as well as some supporters of former president Donald Trump. And it raises the prospect of an enduring civilizational conflict to subvert Western democracy and — Putin has warned — even threatens a new world war.</p>
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  364. <p text="To carry out this transformation, the Kremlin is:" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">To carry out this transformation, the Kremlin is:</p>
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  367. <li class="wpds-c-gooBuk">Forging an ultraconservative, puritanical society mobilized against liberal freedoms and especially hostile to gay and transgender people, in which family policy and social welfare spending boost traditional Orthodox values.</li>
  368. <li class="wpds-c-gooBuk">Reshaping education at all levels to indoctrinate a new generation of turbo-patriot youth, with textbooks rewritten to reflect Kremlin propaganda, patriotic curriculums set by the state and, from September, compulsory military lessons taught by soldiers called “Basics of Security and Protection of the Motherland,” which will include training on handling Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenades and drones.</li>
  369. <li class="wpds-c-gooBuk">Sterilizing cultural life with blacklists of liberal or antiwar performers, directors, writers and artists, and with new nationalistic mandates for museums and filmmakers.</li>
  370. <li class="wpds-c-gooBuk">Mobilizing zealous pro-war activism under the brutal Z symbol, which was initially painted on the side of Russian tanks invading Ukraine but has since spread to government buildings, posters, schools and orchestrated demonstrations.</li>
  371. <li class="wpds-c-gooBuk">Rolling back women’s rights with a torrent of propaganda about the need to give birth — young and often — and by curbing ease of access to abortions, and charging feminist activists and liberal female journalists with terrorism, extremism, discrediting the military and other offenses.</li>
  372. <li class="wpds-c-gooBuk">Rewriting history to celebrate Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator who sent millions to the gulag, through at least 95 of the 110 monuments in Russia erected during Putin’s time as leader. Meanwhile, Memorial, a human rights group that exposed Stalin’s crimes and shared the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, was shut down and its pacificist co-chairman Oleg Orlov, 71, jailed.</li>
  373. <li class="wpds-c-gooBuk">Accusing scientists of treason; equating criticism of the war or of Putin with terrorism or extremism; and building a new, militarized elite of “warriors and workers” willing to take up arms, redraw international boundaries and violate global norms on orders of Russia’s strongman ruler.</li>
  374. </ul>
  375. </div>
  376. <p text="“They’re trying to develop this scientific Putinism as a basis of propaganda, as a basis of ideology, as a basis of historical education,” said Andrei Kolesnikov, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. “They need an obedient new generation — indoctrinated robots in an ideological sense — supporting Putin, supporting his ideas, supporting this militarization of consciousness.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“They’re trying to develop this scientific Putinism as a basis of propaganda, as a basis of ideology, as a basis of historical education,” said Andrei Kolesnikov, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. “They need an obedient new generation — indoctrinated robots in an ideological sense — supporting Putin, supporting his ideas, supporting this militarization of consciousness.”</p>
  377. <p text="Kolesnikov, speaking in an interview in Moscow, added: “They need cannon fodder for the future.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Kolesnikov, speaking in an interview in Moscow, added: “They need cannon fodder for the future.”</p>
  378. <p text="Just before ordering what he believed would be a short, shock war on Ukraine, Putin published a little-noticed decree billed as vital to Russia’s national security. It called for urgent measures to protect “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values” and named the United States as a direct threat." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Just before ordering what he believed would be a short, shock war on Ukraine, Putin published a little-noticed decree billed as vital to Russia’s national security. It called for urgent measures to protect “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values” and named the United States as a direct threat.</p>
  379. <p>pull quote: &#8220;They need cannon fodder for the future&#8221;</p>
  380. <div aria-hidden="true" class="mb-md">
  381. <div class="pg-graphic fallback-available" data-fallback-image-url="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/russiaworld/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/2300-russiaworld-quotes-1.jpg?c=1714757173864">
  382. <p><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.91.2.2 - 2024-05-03 13:25 --><br />
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  385. <p> <!-- Artboard: xxsmall --></p>
  386. <div id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-xxsmall" class="g-artboard" style="width:304px; height:166.09064423554px;" data-aspect-ratio="1.83" data-min-width="260" data-max-width="383">
  387. <img decoding="async" id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-xxsmall-img" class="g-aiImg g-aiAbs" alt="" src="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/russiaworld/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/russiaworld-quotes-1-xxsmall.jpg?v=8" bad-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw=="/></p>
  388. <div id="g-ai0-2" class="g-content g-aiAbs" style="top:31.3082%;left:17.0343%;width:67.4342%;">
  389. <p class="g-pstyle1">They need cannon fodder for the future.”</p>
  390. </p></div>
  391. <div id="g-ai0-3" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:68.768%;margin-top:-12.2px;left:17.0139%;width:200px;">
  392. <p class="g-pstyle2">Andrei Kolesnikov</p>
  393. <p class="g-pstyle3">Senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center</p>
  394. </p></div>
  395. </p></div>
  396. <p> <!-- Artboard: xsmall --></p>
  397. <div id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-xsmall" class="g-artboard" style="width:384px; height:200.28007934398px;" data-aspect-ratio="1.917" data-min-width="384" data-max-width="639">
  398. <img decoding="async" id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-xsmall-img" class="g-aiImg g-aiAbs" alt="" src="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/russiaworld/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/russiaworld-quotes-1-xsmall.jpg?v=8" bad-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw=="/></p>
  399. <div id="g-ai1-2" class="g-content g-aiAbs" style="top:38.4462%;left:14.547%;width:62.7604%;">
  400. <p class="g-pstyle1">They need cannon fodder </p>
  401. <p class="g-pstyle1">for the future.”</p>
  402. </p></div>
  403. <div id="g-ai1-3" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:72.0584%;margin-top:-16.3px;left:14.5204%;width:260px;">
  404. <p class="g-pstyle2">Andrei Kolesnikov</p>
  405. <p class="g-pstyle3">Senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center</p>
  406. </p></div>
  407. </p></div>
  408. <p> <!-- Artboard: medium --></p>
  409. <div id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-medium" class="g-artboard" style="width:640px; height:291.691257974259px;" data-aspect-ratio="2.194" data-min-width="640" data-max-width="959">
  410. <img decoding="async" id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-medium-img" class="g-aiImg g-aiAbs" alt="" src="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/russiaworld/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/russiaworld-quotes-1-medium.jpg?v=8" bad-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw=="/></p>
  411. <div id="g-ai2-2" class="g-content g-aiAbs" style="top:34.9685%;left:23.2711%;width:47.9688%;">
  412. <p class="g-pstyle1">They need cannon fodder </p>
  413. <p class="g-pstyle1">for the future.”</p>
  414. </p></div>
  415. <div id="g-ai2-3" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:65.6241%;margin-top:-20.4px;left:23.4618%;width:319px;">
  416. <p class="g-pstyle2">Andrei Kolesnikov</p>
  417. <p class="g-pstyle3">Senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center</p>
  418. </p></div>
  419. </p></div>
  420. <p> <!-- Artboard: xlarge --></p>
  421. <div id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-xlarge" class="g-artboard" style="width:960px; height:279.60384837783px;" data-aspect-ratio="3.433" data-min-width="960">
  422. <img decoding="async" id="g-russiaworld-quotes-1-xlarge-img" class="g-aiImg g-aiAbs" alt="" src="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/russiaworld/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/russiaworld-quotes-1-xlarge.jpg?v=8" bad-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw=="/></p>
  423. <div id="g-ai3-2" class="g-content g-aiAbs" style="top:33.2613%;left:33.8926%;width:32.7083%;">
  424. <p class="g-pstyle1">They need cannon fodder </p>
  425. <p class="g-pstyle1">for the future.”</p>
  426. </p></div>
  427. <div id="g-ai3-3" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:67.3881%;margin-top:-20.4px;left:33.8817%;width:319px;">
  428. <p class="g-pstyle2">Andrei Kolesnikov</p>
  429. <p class="g-pstyle3">Senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center</p>
  430. </p></div>
  431. </p></div>
  432. </div>
  433. <p><!-- End ai2html - 2024-05-03 13:25 --></p>
  434. </div>
  435. <p><!-- Close fallback div --></div>
  436. <p text="“Threats to traditional values come from extremist and terrorist organizations, some news media and communication platforms, the actions of the United States and other unfriendly foreign states,” the order stated. A key goal, it said, was “to position the Russian state on the international stage as a custodian and defender of traditional universal spiritual and moral values.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“Threats to traditional values come from extremist and terrorist organizations, some news media and communication platforms, the actions of the United States and other unfriendly foreign states,” the order stated. A key goal, it said, was “to position the Russian state on the international stage as a custodian and defender of traditional universal spiritual and moral values.”</p>
  437. <p text="Putin’s descriptions of the West as “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSS8N2Z80G1/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;satanic&lt;/a&gt;” and the war as “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-hold-victory-day-parade-amid-tight-security-after-drone-attacks-2023-05-08/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;sacred&lt;/a&gt;” are increasingly echoed by officials and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/6116189.html?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Russian Orthodox Church&lt;/a&gt;." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin’s descriptions of the West as “satanic” and the war as “sacred” are increasingly echoed by officials and the Russian Orthodox Church.</p>
  438. <p>Map of Russia in the world</p>
  439. <div aria-hidden="true" class="mb-md">
  440. <div class="pg-graphic fallback-available" data-fallback-image-url="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/RUSSIAWORLD/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/2300-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP.jpg?c=1714561447835">
  441. <p><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.91.2.2 - 2024-05-01 13:02 --><br />
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  443. <div id="g-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-box" class="ai2html">
  444. <p> <!-- Artboard: xxsmall --></p>
  445. <div id="g-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-xxsmall" class="g-artboard" style="width:304px; height:613.35053321652px;" data-aspect-ratio="0.496" data-min-width="260" data-max-width="383">
  446. <img decoding="async" id="g-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-xxsmall-img" class="g-aiImg g-aiAbs" alt="" src="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/RUSSIAWORLD/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-xxsmall.jpg?v=4" bad-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw=="/></p>
  447. <div id="g-ai0-1" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:0.3115%;margin-top:-11.9px;left:2.67%;width:233px;">
  448. <p class="g-pstyle0">Russia&#8217;s friends and foes</p>
  449. </p></div>
  450. <div id="g-ai0-2" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:5.4467%;margin-top:-17.4px;left:7.2466%;width:243px;">
  451. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that Russia has deemed</p>
  452. <p class="g-pstyle1">&#8220;unfriendly&#8221;</p>
  453. </p></div>
  454. <div id="g-ai0-3" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:21.3255%;margin-top:-66.8px;left:7.4631%;width:73px;">
  455. <p class="g-pstyle2">ALBANIA</p>
  456. <p class="g-pstyle2">ANDORRA</p>
  457. <p class="g-pstyle2">AUSTRALIA</p>
  458. <p class="g-pstyle2">BAHAMAS</p>
  459. <p class="g-pstyle2">BRITAIN</p>
  460. <p class="g-pstyle2">CANADA</p>
  461. <p class="g-pstyle2">E.U.</p>
  462. <p class="g-pstyle2">ICELAND</p>
  463. <p> </p>
  464. </p></div>
  465. <div id="g-ai0-4" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:20.2407%;margin-top:-60.1px;left:34.2842%;width:115px;">
  466. <p class="g-pstyle2">JAPAN</p>
  467. <p class="g-pstyle2">LIECHTENSTEIN</p>
  468. <p class="g-pstyle2">MICRONESIA</p>
  469. <p class="g-pstyle2">MONACO</p>
  470. <p class="g-pstyle2">MONTENEGRO</p>
  471. <p class="g-pstyle2">NEW ZEALAND</p>
  472. <p class="g-pstyle2">NORTH MACEDONIA</p>
  473. <p class="g-pstyle2">SAN MARINO</p>
  474. </p></div>
  475. <div id="g-ai0-5" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:16.9864%;margin-top:-40.2px;left:70.2153%;width:94px;">
  476. <p class="g-pstyle2">SINGAPORE</p>
  477. <p class="g-pstyle2">SOUTH KOREA</p>
  478. <p class="g-pstyle2">SWITZERLAND</p>
  479. <p class="g-pstyle2">TAIWAN</p>
  480. <p class="g-pstyle2">UKRAINE</p>
  481. <p class="g-pstyle2">UNITED STATES</p>
  482. </p></div>
  483. <div id="g-ai0-6" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:39.3607%;margin-top:-30.4px;left:7.2126%;width:196px;">
  484. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that support</p>
  485. <p class="g-pstyle1">Russia diplomatically</p>
  486. <p class="g-pstyle3">(Nations that voted against several </p>
  487. <p class="g-pstyle3">U.N. resolutions condemning the war)</p>
  488. </p></div>
  489. <div id="g-ai0-7" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:40.7302%;margin-top:-38.8px;left:67.346%;width:119px;">
  490. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that</p>
  491. <p class="g-pstyle1">support Russia</p>
  492. <p class="g-pstyle1">militarily </p>
  493. <p class="g-pstyle3">(including arms </p>
  494. <p class="g-pstyle3">supplies)</p>
  495. </p></div>
  496. <div id="g-ai0-8" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:54.3254%;margin-top:-36.2px;left:7.2126%;width:81px;">
  497. <p class="g-pstyle4">SYRIA</p>
  498. <p class="g-pstyle4">BELARUS</p>
  499. <p class="g-pstyle4">ERITREA</p>
  500. <p class="g-pstyle4">NICARAGUA</p>
  501. <p class="g-pstyle4">MALI</p>
  502. </p></div>
  503. <div id="g-ai0-11" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:93.3569%;margin-top:-14.6px;left:4.1595%;width:294px;">
  504. <p class="g-pstyle6">Note: Russia’s list of unfriendly countries includes also</p>
  505. <p class="g-pstyle6">the British Overseas Territories</p>
  506. </p></div>
  507. </p></div>
  508. <p> <!-- Artboard: xsmall --></p>
  509. <div id="g-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-xsmall" class="g-artboard" style="width:384px; height:740.212804551586px;" data-aspect-ratio="0.519" data-min-width="384" data-max-width="639">
  510. <img decoding="async" id="g-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-xsmall-img" class="g-aiImg g-aiAbs" alt="" src="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/RUSSIAWORLD/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-xsmall.jpg?v=4" bad-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw=="/></p>
  511. <div id="g-ai1-1" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:2.7176%;margin-top:-14.1px;left:3.2901%;width:280px;">
  512. <p class="g-pstyle0">Russia&#8217;s friends and foes</p>
  513. </p></div>
  514. <div id="g-ai1-2" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:8.4363%;margin-top:-21.4px;left:7.7192%;width:292px;">
  515. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that Russia has deemed</p>
  516. <p class="g-pstyle1">&#8220;unfriendly&#8221;</p>
  517. </p></div>
  518. <div id="g-ai1-3" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:24.6612%;margin-top:-88.5px;left:7.8649%;width:89px;">
  519. <p class="g-pstyle2">ALBANIA</p>
  520. <p class="g-pstyle2">ANDORRA</p>
  521. <p class="g-pstyle2">AUSTRALIA</p>
  522. <p class="g-pstyle2">BAHAMAS</p>
  523. <p class="g-pstyle2">BRITAIN</p>
  524. <p class="g-pstyle2">CANADA</p>
  525. <p class="g-pstyle2">E.U.</p>
  526. <p class="g-pstyle2">ICELAND</p>
  527. <p> </p>
  528. </p></div>
  529. <div id="g-ai1-4" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:24.6612%;margin-top:-88.5px;left:35.0866%;width:145px;">
  530. <p class="g-pstyle2">JAPAN</p>
  531. <p class="g-pstyle2">LIECHTENSTEIN</p>
  532. <p class="g-pstyle2">MICRONESIA</p>
  533. <p class="g-pstyle2">MONACO</p>
  534. <p class="g-pstyle2">MONTENEGRO</p>
  535. <p class="g-pstyle2">NEW ZEALAND</p>
  536. <p class="g-pstyle2">NORTH MACEDONIA</p>
  537. <p class="g-pstyle2">SAN MARINO</p>
  538. <p class="g-pstyle2">SINGAPORE</p>
  539. </p></div>
  540. <div id="g-ai1-5" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:18.7158%;margin-top:-44.5px;left:67.7213%;width:118px;">
  541. <p class="g-pstyle2">SOUTH KOREA</p>
  542. <p class="g-pstyle2">SWITZERLAND</p>
  543. <p class="g-pstyle2">TAIWAN</p>
  544. <p class="g-pstyle2">UKRAINE</p>
  545. <p class="g-pstyle2">UNITED STATES</p>
  546. </p></div>
  547. <div id="g-ai1-6" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:42.1977%;margin-top:-37.4px;left:7.6861%;width:235px;">
  548. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that support</p>
  549. <p class="g-pstyle1">Russia diplomatically </p>
  550. <p class="g-pstyle3">(Nations that voted against several </p>
  551. <p class="g-pstyle3">U.N. resolutions condemning the war)</p>
  552. </p></div>
  553. <div id="g-ai1-7" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:43.5849%;margin-top:-47.6px;left:65.8824%;width:140px;">
  554. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that</p>
  555. <p class="g-pstyle1">support Russia</p>
  556. <p class="g-pstyle1">militarily </p>
  557. <p class="g-pstyle3">(including arms </p>
  558. <p class="g-pstyle3">supplies)</p>
  559. </p></div>
  560. <div id="g-ai1-8" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:56.0024%;margin-top:-44.5px;left:7.6861%;width:94px;">
  561. <p class="g-pstyle2">SYRIA</p>
  562. <p class="g-pstyle2">BELARUS</p>
  563. <p class="g-pstyle2">ERITREA</p>
  564. <p class="g-pstyle2">NICARAGUA</p>
  565. <p class="g-pstyle2">MALI</p>
  566. </p></div>
  567. <div id="g-ai1-11" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:96.8818%;margin-top:-18.1px;left:4.7315%;width:355px;">
  568. <p class="g-pstyle5">Note: Russia’s list of unfriendly countries includes also</p>
  569. <p class="g-pstyle5">the British Overseas Territories</p>
  570. </p></div>
  571. </p></div>
  572. <p> <!-- Artboard: medium --></p>
  573. <div id="g-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-medium" class="g-artboard" style="width:640px; height:576.41766010533px;" data-aspect-ratio="1.11" data-min-width="640" data-max-width="959">
  574. <img decoding="async" id="g-RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-medium-img" class="g-aiImg g-aiAbs" alt="" src="https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/RUSSIAWORLD/TWEOQ5ZY3VERJBYYF2IAXJ4XQE/RUSSIA-WORLD-MAP-medium.jpg?v=4" bad-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw=="/></p>
  575. <div id="g-ai2-1" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:3.8012%;margin-top:-11.9px;left:0.3578%;width:233px;">
  576. <p class="g-pstyle0">Russia&#8217;s friends and foes</p>
  577. </p></div>
  578. <div id="g-ai2-2" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:11.5207%;margin-top:-17.4px;left:2.5317%;width:243px;">
  579. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that Russia has deemed</p>
  580. <p class="g-pstyle1">&#8220;unfriendly&#8221;</p>
  581. </p></div>
  582. <div id="g-ai2-3" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:13.778%;margin-top:-30.4px;left:47.6709%;width:196px;">
  583. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that support</p>
  584. <p class="g-pstyle1">Russia diplomatically</p>
  585. <p class="g-pstyle2">(Nations that voted against several </p>
  586. <p class="g-pstyle2">U.N. resolutions condemning the war)</p>
  587. </p></div>
  588. <div id="g-ai2-4" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:12.6174%;margin-top:-23.7px;left:76.2343%;width:167px;">
  589. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that support</p>
  590. <p class="g-pstyle1">Russia militarily</p>
  591. <p class="g-pstyle2">(including arms supplies)</p>
  592. </p></div>
  593. <div id="g-ai2-5" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:28.1402%;margin-top:-72.2px;left:2.6033%;width:77px;">
  594. <p class="g-pstyle3">ALBANIA</p>
  595. <p class="g-pstyle3">ANDORRA</p>
  596. <p class="g-pstyle3">AUSTRALIA</p>
  597. <p class="g-pstyle3">BAHAMAS</p>
  598. <p class="g-pstyle3">BRITAIN</p>
  599. <p class="g-pstyle3">CANADA</p>
  600. <p class="g-pstyle3">E.U.</p>
  601. <p class="g-pstyle3">ICELAND</p>
  602. <p> </p>
  603. </p></div>
  604. <div id="g-ai2-6" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:26.8911%;margin-top:-65px;left:14.8709%;width:123px;">
  605. <p class="g-pstyle3">JAPAN</p>
  606. <p class="g-pstyle3">LIECHTENSTEIN</p>
  607. <p class="g-pstyle3">MICRONESIA</p>
  608. <p class="g-pstyle3">MONACO</p>
  609. <p class="g-pstyle3">MONTENEGRO</p>
  610. <p class="g-pstyle3">NEW ZEALAND</p>
  611. <p class="g-pstyle3">NORTH MACEDONIA</p>
  612. <p class="g-pstyle3">SOUTH KOREA</p>
  613. </p></div>
  614. <div id="g-ai2-7" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:23.1438%;margin-top:-43.4px;left:28.6776%;width:100px;">
  615. <p class="g-pstyle3">SAN MARINO</p>
  616. <p class="g-pstyle3">SINGAPORE</p>
  617. <p class="g-pstyle3">SWITZERLAND</p>
  618. <p class="g-pstyle3">TAIWAN</p>
  619. <p class="g-pstyle3">UKRAINE</p>
  620. <p class="g-pstyle3">UNITED STATES</p>
  621. </p></div>
  622. <div id="g-ai2-9" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:26.5788%;margin-top:-36.2px;left:47.6709%;width:81px;">
  623. <p class="g-pstyle3">SYRIA</p>
  624. <p class="g-pstyle3">BELARUS</p>
  625. <p class="g-pstyle3">ERITREA</p>
  626. <p class="g-pstyle3">NICARAGUA</p>
  627. <p class="g-pstyle3">MALI</p>
  628. </p></div>
  629. <div id="g-ai2-26" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:80.9838%;margin-top:-21.8px;left:1.736%;width:176px;">
  630. <p class="g-pstyle4">Note: Russia’s list of unfriendly</p>
  631. <p class="g-pstyle4">countries includes also the </p>
  632. <p class="g-pstyle4">British Overseas Territories</p>
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  642. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that Russia has deemed &#8220;unfriendly&#8221;</p>
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  645. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that support</p>
  646. <p class="g-pstyle1">Russia diplomatically</p>
  647. <p class="g-pstyle2">(Nations that voted against several </p>
  648. <p class="g-pstyle2">U.N. resolutions condemning the war)</p>
  649. </p></div>
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  651. <p class="g-pstyle1">Countries that support</p>
  652. <p class="g-pstyle1">Russia militarily</p>
  653. <p class="g-pstyle2">(including arms supplies)</p>
  654. </p></div>
  655. <div id="g-ai3-5" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:21.9784%;margin-top:-72.2px;left:4.2143%;width:98px;">
  656. <p class="g-pstyle3">ALBANIA</p>
  657. <p class="g-pstyle3">ANDORRA</p>
  658. <p class="g-pstyle3">AUSTRALIA</p>
  659. <p class="g-pstyle3">BAHAMAS</p>
  660. <p class="g-pstyle3">BRITAIN</p>
  661. <p class="g-pstyle3">CANADA</p>
  662. <p class="g-pstyle3">E.U. MEMBERS</p>
  663. <p class="g-pstyle3">ICELAND</p>
  664. <p> </p>
  665. </p></div>
  666. <div id="g-ai3-6" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:20.9106%;margin-top:-65px;left:13.5873%;width:123px;">
  667. <p class="g-pstyle3">JAPAN</p>
  668. <p class="g-pstyle3">LIECHTENSTEIN</p>
  669. <p class="g-pstyle3">MICRONESIA</p>
  670. <p class="g-pstyle3">MONACO</p>
  671. <p class="g-pstyle3">MONTENEGRO</p>
  672. <p class="g-pstyle3">NEW ZEALAND</p>
  673. <p class="g-pstyle3">NORTH MACEDONIA</p>
  674. <p class="g-pstyle3">SOUTH KOREA</p>
  675. </p></div>
  676. <div id="g-ai3-7" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:17.7074%;margin-top:-43.4px;left:26.1162%;width:100px;">
  677. <p class="g-pstyle3">SAN MARINO</p>
  678. <p class="g-pstyle3">SINGAPORE</p>
  679. <p class="g-pstyle3">SWITZERLAND</p>
  680. <p class="g-pstyle3">TAIWAN</p>
  681. <p class="g-pstyle3">UKRAINE</p>
  682. <p class="g-pstyle3">UNITED STATES</p>
  683. </p></div>
  684. <div id="g-ai3-9" class="g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText" style="top:25.2409%;margin-top:-36.2px;left:46.4312%;width:81px;">
  685. <p class="g-pstyle3">SYRIA</p>
  686. <p class="g-pstyle3">BELARUS</p>
  687. <p class="g-pstyle3">ERITREA</p>
  688. <p class="g-pstyle3">NICARAGUA</p>
  689. <p class="g-pstyle3">MALI</p>
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  692. <p class="g-pstyle4">Note: Russia’s list of unfriendly</p>
  693. <p class="g-pstyle4">countries includes also the British </p>
  694. <p class="g-pstyle4">Overseas Territories</p>
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  701. <p text="As he fractures global ties and girds his nation for a forever war with the West, riot police in Russia are raiding nightclubs and private &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/21/russia-celebrity-party-nude-putin/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;parties&lt;/a&gt;, beating up guests and prosecuting gay bar owners. Russians have been jailed or fined for wearing rainbow earrings or displaying rainbow flags. Dissidents who were imprisoned in Soviet times are once again behind bars — this time for denouncing the war." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">As he fractures global ties and girds his nation for a forever war with the West, riot police in Russia are raiding nightclubs and private parties, beating up guests and prosecuting gay bar owners. Russians have been jailed or fined for wearing rainbow earrings or displaying rainbow flags. Dissidents who were imprisoned in Soviet times are once again behind bars — this time for denouncing the war.</p>
  702. <p text="The Kremlin has defended the crackdown as responding to popular demand." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">The Kremlin has defended the crackdown as responding to popular demand.</p>
  703. <p text="For this article, The Post submitted questions to the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, who responded to some but not all of the queries. The Post has also requested an interview with Putin. That request is pending." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">For this article, The Post submitted questions to the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, who responded to some but not all of the queries. The Post has also requested an interview with Putin. That request is pending.</p>
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  743. <p>Dixon, The Post’s Moscow bureau chief since November 2019, is on her third stint covering Russia, having had previous assignments with the Los Angeles Times and the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age dating back to 1993. She speaks Russian, French and English.</p>
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  754. <p text="“If it is not accepted by the society then police have to take measures to bring it into balance with the demands of the society,” Peskov wrote in his reply. “Society is now less tolerant to those parties and nightclubs.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“If it is not accepted by the society then police have to take measures to bring it into balance with the demands of the society,” Peskov wrote in his reply. “Society is now less tolerant to those parties and nightclubs.”</p>
  755. <p text="Long obsessed with Russia’s population decline, Putin is urging Russian women to have eight or more babies, while also seizing chunks of Ukraine’s population by force. Russia has issued more than 3 million passports in eastern Ukraine since 2019, according to the Russian Interior Ministry." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Long obsessed with Russia’s population decline, Putin is urging Russian women to have eight or more babies, while also seizing chunks of Ukraine’s population by force. Russia has issued more than 3 million passports in eastern Ukraine since 2019, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.</p>
  756. <p text="In occupied Ukraine, it is virtually impossible to work, drive, or obtain health care, humanitarian aid, benefits or other services without having a Russian passport — a potential violation of the Geneva Conventions, which state that “it is forbidden to compel the inhabitants of occupied territory to swear allegiance to the hostile power.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In occupied Ukraine, it is virtually impossible to work, drive, or obtain health care, humanitarian aid, benefits or other services without having a Russian passport — a potential violation of the Geneva Conventions, which state that “it is forbidden to compel the inhabitants of occupied territory to swear allegiance to the hostile power.”</p>
  757. <p text="In Crimea, Russia issued more than 1.5 million passports after invading and illegally annexing the peninsula in 2014." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In Crimea, Russia issued more than 1.5 million passports after invading and illegally annexing the peninsula in 2014.</p>
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  774. <p>President Boris Yeltsin appoints Vladimir Putin as acting prime minister and says he wants Putin to succeed him. Putin says he will run in elections the following year.</p>
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  785. <p>Yeltsin unexpectedly resigns, making Putin president. Many officials expect him to uphold democracy and continue market reforms.</p>
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  796. <p>President George W. Bush says Americans can trust Putin. “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy,” Bush says at a news conference with Putin in Slovenia. “I was able to get a sense of his soul.”</p>
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  807. <p>Putin, courting the West, attends a royal banquet with Queen Elizabeth II.</p>
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  818. <p>After eight years in office, Putin circumvents constitutional term limits by trading jobs with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who becomes president while Putin remains Russia’s de facto supreme political leader — a swap known as the “tandem switch.”</p>
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  829. <p>Putin claims a fifth presidential term by declaring victory in an election widely derided as failing to meet democratic standards, with the media fully under his control and genuine opposition candidates barred from running.</p>
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  841. <p text="In ambition and scale, Putin’s effort to mold a new national identity is “as profound as the Russian October Revolution,” a member of the Moscow elite with contacts in the Kremlin said, referring to 1917, when Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks seized power. “He overturns all the values,” this person said. “He cuts all the usual ties.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In ambition and scale, Putin’s effort to mold a new national identity is “as profound as the Russian October Revolution,” a member of the Moscow elite with contacts in the Kremlin said, referring to 1917, when Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks seized power. “He overturns all the values,” this person said. “He cuts all the usual ties.”</p>
  842. <p text="Like many people in this article, this person spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from the Russian government, which has jailed and even killed its critics. Some of those interviewed for this article have received overt warnings, including bank account and asset freezes, and two have been jailed." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Like many people in this article, this person spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from the Russian government, which has jailed and even killed its critics. Some of those interviewed for this article have received overt warnings, including bank account and asset freezes, and two have been jailed.</p>
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  859. <p text="“They are trying to create some new form of ideology for the masses,” said Mikhail Zygar, a Russian journalist and writer now living in New York. “It’s not a war with Ukraine. It’s a war with America, a war with the West or with Satan, with all those forces of moral decay.” Putinism bears hallmarks of fascism, Zygar said. “He’s using the war and hatred as the instrument to brainwash the Russian people,” he said. “That’s everything we know about fascism.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“They are trying to create some new form of ideology for the masses,” said Mikhail Zygar, a Russian journalist and writer now living in New York. “It’s not a war with Ukraine. It’s a war with America, a war with the West or with Satan, with all those forces of moral decay.” Putinism bears hallmarks of fascism, Zygar said. “He’s using the war and hatred as the instrument to brainwash the Russian people,” he said. “That’s everything we know about fascism.”</p>
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  861. <p>Origins of Putinism</p>
  862. <p text="Putin’s quest is not new, but Russia’s confrontation with the West over Ukraine has allowed him to accelerate his plan. The Russian leader, who inherited his post on Dec. 31, 1999, immediately began whittling back democratic institutions and approved a raid on NTV, the main independent television station, just weeks after winning his first election in March 2000." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bynywM-dropcap-true wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin’s quest is not new, but Russia’s confrontation with the West over Ukraine has allowed him to accelerate his plan. The Russian leader, who inherited his post on Dec. 31, 1999, immediately began whittling back democratic institutions and approved a raid on NTV, the main independent television station, just weeks after winning his first election in March 2000.</p>
  863. <p text="During his first two decades of rule, Putin rode a crest of oil and gas prices, but he never had a mobilizing ideology to convince citizens that his path was better than the West’s democratic freedoms and greater economic wealth. His re-engineering of Russia is designed to provide that unifying philosophy. Its symbol&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;—&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;the letter Z painted roughly on invading tanks in 2022 — now adorns public buildings and banners." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">During his first two decades of rule, Putin rode a crest of oil and gas prices, but he never had a mobilizing ideology to convince citizens that his path was better than the West’s democratic freedoms and greater economic wealth. His re-engineering of Russia is designed to provide that unifying philosophy. Its symbol<b> </b>—<b> </b>the letter Z painted roughly on invading tanks in 2022 — now adorns public buildings and banners.</p>
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  885. <p>Putin’s visit to Kyiv to support pro-Kremlin presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych backfires, setting the stage for the Orange Revolution, in which Ukrainian citizens protested election fraud and demanded a new election, which Putin’s man lost.</p>
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  896. <p>Mass protests, later known as the Maidan Revolution, erupt across Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych, under Kremlin pressure, refuses to sign political and economic accords with the European Union.</p>
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  912. <p>After his security forces open fire on protesters, killing more than 100, Yanukovych flees to Russia.</p>
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  923. <p>Russian soldiers in uniforms without insignia invade Crimea, which Russia annexes in violation of international law.</p>
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  934. <p>Russia undertakes an interference operation in the U.S. presidential election to help Donald Trump, in part using troll farms controlled by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a businessman known as “Putin’s chef.”</p>
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  945. <p>Putin meets with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a failed effort to settle disagreements on Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine.</p>
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  956. <p>Putin, joined by Russian-installed leaders of occupied territories, declares the illegal annexation of four more Ukrainian regions.</p>
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  967. <p>Putin says in an interview that he “doesn’t trust” the West, laments Finland and Sweden joining NATO and says Russia is prepared to use nuclear weapons if its existence is threatened.</p>
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  979. <p text="Invading Ukraine was the most destructive step in Putin’s longer, grander plan to restore Russia’s greatness as the superpower it was during Soviet times and as an empire for 200 years before that. But his transformation of Russia started well before the invasion of Ukraine, using homophobia and so-called traditional values to disrupt Western societies and court support in the Global South. He also projected military power by invading Georgia in 2008 and sending Russian troops to Syria and Africa." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Invading Ukraine was the most destructive step in Putin’s longer, grander plan to restore Russia’s greatness as the superpower it was during Soviet times and as an empire for 200 years before that. But his transformation of Russia started well before the invasion of Ukraine, using homophobia and so-called traditional values to disrupt Western societies and court support in the Global South. He also projected military power by invading Georgia in 2008 and sending Russian troops to Syria and Africa.</p>
  980. <p text="In Russia, the death in February of Putin’s strongest rival, Alexei Navalny, was a clear signpost on this new path. Putin shrugged off Navalny’s death, showing no sympathy, let alone remorse. “It happens,” he said, endorsing the official finding that Navalny died of natural causes. Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has accused Putin of having him killed." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In Russia, the death in February of Putin’s strongest rival, Alexei Navalny, was a clear signpost on this new path. Putin shrugged off Navalny’s death, showing no sympathy, let alone remorse. “It happens,” he said, endorsing the official finding that Navalny died of natural causes. Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has accused Putin of having him killed.</p>
  981. <p text="Putin “decides everything,” the member of the Russian elite said, and while his new term runs until 2030, he is widely expected to stay in power as long as he chooses." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin “decides everything,” the member of the Russian elite said, and while his new term runs until 2030, he is widely expected to stay in power as long as he chooses.</p>
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  985. <p text="In a State of the Nation speech in February, Putin described his push for women to have more children and to create a new elite of workers and soldiers." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In a State of the Nation speech in February, Putin described his push for women to have more children and to create a new elite of workers and soldiers.</p>
  986. <p text="“We can see what is taking place in some countries where moral standards and the family are being deliberately destroyed and entire nations are pushed to extinction and decadence,” he said. “We have chosen life. Russia has been and remains a stronghold of the traditional values on which human civilization stands.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“We can see what is taking place in some countries where moral standards and the family are being deliberately destroyed and entire nations are pushed to extinction and decadence,” he said. “We have chosen life. Russia has been and remains a stronghold of the traditional values on which human civilization stands.”</p>
  987. <p text="Proclaiming a new “time of heroes,” Putin said the old oligarchic elite was “discredited.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Proclaiming a new “time of heroes,” Putin said the old oligarchic elite was “discredited.”</p>
  988. <p text="“Those who have done nothing for society and consider themselves a caste endowed with special rights and privileges — especially those who took advantage of all kinds of economic processes in the 1990s to line their pockets — are definitely not the elite,” he said. “Those who serve Russia, hard workers and military, reliable, trustworthy people who have proven their loyalty,” he added, “are the genuine elite.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“Those who have done nothing for society and consider themselves a caste endowed with special rights and privileges — especially those who took advantage of all kinds of economic processes in the 1990s to line their pockets — are definitely not the elite,” he said. “Those who serve Russia, hard workers and military, reliable, trustworthy people who have proven their loyalty,” he added, “are the genuine elite.”</p>
  989. <p text="Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, in written replies to questions from The Post, said the aim was to&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;“encourage our people to give birth to as many children as they can,” to increase Russia’s population." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, in written replies to questions from The Post, said the aim was to<b> </b>“encourage our people to give birth to as many children as they can,” to increase Russia’s population.</p>
  990. <p text="“And in this context, spreading of traditional values is extremely important for us and in this context we have nothing in common with this extremist liberalism in terms of abandoning traditional human and religious values that we’re witnessing right now in European countries. This does not correspond with our understanding of what is right,” he added." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“And in this context, spreading of traditional values is extremely important for us and in this context we have nothing in common with this extremist liberalism in terms of abandoning traditional human and religious values that we’re witnessing right now in European countries. This does not correspond with our understanding of what is right,” he added.</p>
  991. <p text="Peskov said the Kremlin would “continue to make propaganda out of this, in the good sense of this word,” adding: “Especially now when we have an extreme consolidation of our society around this idea of traditional values and around the president so it’s easier for us to do that.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Peskov said the Kremlin would “continue to make propaganda out of this, in the good sense of this word,” adding: “Especially now when we have an extreme consolidation of our society around this idea of traditional values and around the president so it’s easier for us to do that.”</p>
  992. <p>Russia remastered</p>
  993. <p text="At a meeting in January, Putin stood stiffly with a group of families clad in bright national costumes. It was latest iteration of his image, long shaped by staged activities like riding bare-chested on horseback. Now, extolling traditional values, he is the grandfatherly patriarch, recalling portraits of Stalin with folk from across the Soviet Union." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bynywM-dropcap-true wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">At a meeting in January, Putin stood stiffly with a group of families clad in bright national costumes. It was latest iteration of his image, long shaped by staged activities like riding bare-chested on horseback. Now, extolling traditional values, he is the grandfatherly patriarch, recalling portraits of Stalin with folk from across the Soviet Union.</p>
  994. <p text="“In Russian families, many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had seven or eight children, and even more. Let’s preserve and revive these wonderful traditions,” Putin said in a November speech dedicated to “a thousand-year, eternal Russia.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“In Russian families, many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had seven or eight children, and even more. Let’s preserve and revive these wonderful traditions,” Putin said in a November speech dedicated to “a thousand-year, eternal Russia.”</p>
  995. <p text="The emphasis is on a special and powerful state dominated by Putin, on centuries-old Russian self-reliance and stoicism, and the sacrifice of individual rights to the regime. Men give their lives in war or work. Women should give their bodies by birthing children." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">The emphasis is on a special and powerful state dominated by Putin, on centuries-old Russian self-reliance and stoicism, and the sacrifice of individual rights to the regime. Men give their lives in war or work. Women should give their bodies by birthing children.</p>
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  1012. <p text="Putin’s worldview draws from 9th-century Vikings, ancient princes and expansionist czars, but its lodestone is World War II, or the Great Patriotic War, in which Russia helped defeat Nazi Germany. Russian pride in that victory, central to its national identity, is woven into Putin’s mythology about the Soviet Union." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin’s worldview draws from 9th-century Vikings, ancient princes and expansionist czars, but its lodestone is World War II, or the Great Patriotic War, in which Russia helped defeat Nazi Germany. Russian pride in that victory, central to its national identity, is woven into Putin’s mythology about the Soviet Union.</p>
  1013. <p text="Stalin, who oversaw the deaths of millions in famines, purges and the gulag, has been promoted as a strong wartime leader, with 63 percent of Russians expressing a positive view of him in a 2023 survey by the Levada Center polling agency, and 47 percent expressing respect for him." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Stalin, who oversaw the deaths of millions in famines, purges and the gulag, has been promoted as a strong wartime leader, with 63 percent of Russians expressing a positive view of him in a 2023 survey by the Levada Center polling agency, and 47 percent expressing respect for him.</p>
  1014. <p text="Putin’s admiration for him goes back decades. In 2002, when Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski met the Russian leader for nearly five hours one-on-one, Putin professed strong admiration for three leaders — Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Stalin — and a desire to rebuild “Great Russia.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin’s admiration for him goes back decades. In 2002, when Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski met the Russian leader for nearly five hours one-on-one, Putin professed strong admiration for three leaders — Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Stalin — and a desire to rebuild “Great Russia.”</p>
  1015. <p text="“My impression was I see a man who was formed by the KGB: KGB education, KGB school books and the books about history, absolutely falsified,” Kwasniewski told Zygar, the Russian journalist, in 2022, “but very much in favor of this understanding of Great Russia and Russian pride.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“My impression was I see a man who was formed by the KGB: KGB education, KGB school books and the books about history, absolutely falsified,” Kwasniewski told Zygar, the Russian journalist, in 2022, “but very much in favor of this understanding of Great Russia and Russian pride.”</p>
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  1054. <p>Russian soldiers in uniforms without insignia invade Crimea, which Russia annexes in violation of international law.</p>
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  1098. <p>Putin tours nuclear weapons sites. The Russian leader and other top officials have warned the West repeatedly that Russia would use a nuclear weapons if its statehood is threatened.</p>
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  1110. <p text="Putin has long obsessed over the idea of a civilizational battle against the West, distorting history to claim that Russia is merely retaking its “historical lands” in Ukraine." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin has long obsessed over the idea of a civilizational battle against the West, distorting history to claim that Russia is merely retaking its “historical lands” in Ukraine.</p>
  1111. <p text="Putin’s first prime minister, Mikhail Kasyanov, said he and other 1990s reformers assumed that, like them, Putin had embraced democracy and market reform. “But he didn’t,” Kasyanov said. “He pretended.” Kasyanov said he was horrified by Putin’s approach to two hostage crises in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/articles/A21613-2002Oct26.html?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2002&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/09/04/russia-school-siege-ends-in-carnage/552d979f-2930-434e-b736-b41665420370/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2004&lt;/a&gt; — ordering forces to storm in, causing hundreds of deaths." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin’s first prime minister, Mikhail Kasyanov, said he and other 1990s reformers assumed that, like them, Putin had embraced democracy and market reform. “But he didn’t,” Kasyanov said. “He pretended.” Kasyanov said he was horrified by Putin’s approach to two hostage crises in 2002 and 2004 — ordering forces to storm in, causing hundreds of deaths.</p>
  1112. <p text="“That was already a demonstration of his real nature, his KGB nature: no negotiations, no compromise, because they can’t come to a compromise because of the belief they will be seen as weak people,” he said. By 2004, Kasyanov was in opposition. “I understood that he’s completely the wrong person,” he said." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“That was already a demonstration of his real nature, his KGB nature: no negotiations, no compromise, because they can’t come to a compromise because of the belief they will be seen as weak people,” he said. By 2004, Kasyanov was in opposition. “I understood that he’s completely the wrong person,” he said.</p>
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  1116. <p text="Putin’s first attempt to dominate Ukraine in 2004 — visiting Kyiv to back pro-Kremlin presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych — backfired and set the scene for the Orange Revolution and a rematch election, which Putin’s man lost. Putin saw it as a “coup” and Western support for the winner, Viktor Yushchenko, as interference. It was the start of Putin’s fixation on the “Ukrainian problem” and his belief that an independent, democratic neighbor was an unacceptable threat to his own regime." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin’s first attempt to dominate Ukraine in 2004 — visiting Kyiv to back pro-Kremlin presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych — backfired and set the scene for the Orange Revolution and a rematch election, which Putin’s man lost. Putin saw it as a “coup” and Western support for the winner, Viktor Yushchenko, as interference. It was the start of Putin’s fixation on the “Ukrainian problem” and his belief that an independent, democratic neighbor was an unacceptable threat to his own regime.</p>
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  1118. <p text="Abbas Gallyamov, a Putin speechwriter from 2008 to 2010 and Kremlin political consultant until 2018, said Putin invaded Crimea in 2014 and conducted a full-scale military attack on Ukraine in 2022&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;partly to reverse declines in his approval rating. After voicing frank criticisms of Putin’s decisions, Gallyamov said, Kremlin managers threatened to cut him off. “After this I received threats,” he said. “You’ll starve. You’ll get no contracts.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Abbas Gallyamov, a Putin speechwriter from 2008 to 2010 and Kremlin political consultant until 2018, said Putin invaded Crimea in 2014 and conducted a full-scale military attack on Ukraine in 2022<b> </b>partly to reverse declines in his approval rating. After voicing frank criticisms of Putin’s decisions, Gallyamov said, Kremlin managers threatened to cut him off. “After this I received threats,” he said. “You’ll starve. You’ll get no contracts.”</p>
  1119. <p text="He moved to Israel with his family. Last year, he was put on Russia’s wanted list,&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;according to an Interior Ministry database, and the Russian Justice Ministry declared him a “foreign agent.” An arrest warrant was issued March 4." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">He moved to Israel with his family. Last year, he was put on Russia’s wanted list,<b> </b>according to an Interior Ministry database, and the Russian Justice Ministry declared him a “foreign agent.” An arrest warrant was issued March 4.</p>
  1120. <p text="In Russia, schoolteachers are used to indoctrinate children and even to police &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/28/dad-sentenced-antiwar-picture-russia/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;their parents’ views&lt;/a&gt;." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In Russia, schoolteachers are used to indoctrinate children and even to police their parents’ views.</p>
  1121. <p text="Spending on patriotic education and state-run militarized organizations for children and teens increased to more than $500 million in 2024 from about $34 million in 2021, according to federal budget statistics reported by RBC, a Russian business daily." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Spending on patriotic education and state-run militarized organizations for children and teens increased to more than $500 million in 2024 from about $34 million in 2021, according to federal budget statistics reported by RBC, a Russian business daily.</p>
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  1123. <p text="Starting in September, all schoolchildren will get military training from soldiers who fought in Ukraine; since last year, university students take a compulsory course in patriotism that conveys distorted history and the idea that Russia has no borders when it comes to Russian-speaking “compatriots.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Starting in September, all schoolchildren will get military training from soldiers who fought in Ukraine; since last year, university students take a compulsory course in patriotism that conveys distorted history and the idea that Russia has no borders when it comes to Russian-speaking “compatriots.”</p>
  1124. <p text="Students of all ages are inundated with pro-war activities, including talks from war veterans clad in camouflage and black balaclavas. In Novosibirsk, children made drones for the front and in Mamadysh in Tatarstan, they produced drone tail fins. Others have made crutches for wounded soldiers or knitted stockings for the stumps of military amputees." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Students of all ages are inundated with pro-war activities, including talks from war veterans clad in camouflage and black balaclavas. In Novosibirsk, children made drones for the front and in Mamadysh in Tatarstan, they produced drone tail fins. Others have made crutches for wounded soldiers or knitted stockings for the stumps of military amputees.</p>
  1125. <p text="Superstitious conspiracy theories are taking hold, with science in retreat. More than a dozen Russian scientists have been accused of treason, thousands have fled the country, and publication of Russian scientific papers plummeted by more than 14 percent in 2022 amid Russia’s isolation after the Ukraine invasion, according to Scopus, a major independent database of peer-reviewed research papers." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Superstitious conspiracy theories are taking hold, with science in retreat. More than a dozen Russian scientists have been accused of treason, thousands have fled the country, and publication of Russian scientific papers plummeted by more than 14 percent in 2022 amid Russia’s isolation after the Ukraine invasion, according to Scopus, a major independent database of peer-reviewed research papers.</p>
  1126. <p text="Putin anoints heroes whose deeds most shock the West. He honored troops whom Ukraine accused of carrying out atrocities in Bucha in 2022; promoted a top Russian prison official days after Navalny’s death; and paid tribute to his children’s rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, who, along with Putin, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/05/icc-russia-ukraine-kobylashn-sokolov/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;has been charged&lt;/a&gt; by the International Criminal Court with war crimes for the “unlawful transfer” and “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children. The Kremlin rejects the charges." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Putin anoints heroes whose deeds most shock the West. He honored troops whom Ukraine accused of carrying out atrocities in Bucha in 2022; promoted a top Russian prison official days after Navalny’s death; and paid tribute to his children’s rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, who, along with Putin, has been charged by the International Criminal Court with war crimes for the “unlawful transfer” and “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children. The Kremlin rejects the charges.</p>
  1127. <p text="Russia’s elite, meanwhile, has hardened against the West, according to one billionaire living outside Russia." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Russia’s elite, meanwhile, has hardened against the West, according to one billionaire living outside Russia.</p>
  1128. <p text="“Everyone is very anti-West; that’s all you hear,” the billionaire said. “Anti-West, anti-West, anti-West. And it will increase, the longer this war goes on — and it could go on for 10 years or more.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“Everyone is very anti-West; that’s all you hear,” the billionaire said. “Anti-West, anti-West, anti-West. And it will increase, the longer this war goes on — and it could go on for 10 years or more.”</p>
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  1130. <figure id="image-L4F4M3MPMHKQKOEAKD5YF57GDE" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium"><img alt="" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/L4F4M3MPMHKQKOEAKD5YF57GDE_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048 1x" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/L4F4M3MPMHKQKOEAKD5YF57GDE_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048" width="6192" height="4128" decoding="async" data-nimg="future" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent"/><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge">Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia&#8217;s commissioner for children&#8217;s rights, speaks to the media in front of Ukrainian children before their repatriation to Ukraine from Russia under a deal brokered by Qatar, at the Qatari Embassy in Moscow on Feb. 19.<!-- --> <!-- -->(Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
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  1132. <p text="As Putin rails against liberal decadence and permissiveness to rally the nation behind him, Russian patriots exult at his promise of a new elite. Yekaterina Kolotovkina, the wife of Lt. Gen. Andrei Kolotovkin, commander of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army, of Samara, developed a project called “Wives of Heroes,” now touring the country, with patriotic portraits of soldiers’ wives draped in their husbands’ uniforms." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">As Putin rails against liberal decadence and permissiveness to rally the nation behind him, Russian patriots exult at his promise of a new elite. Yekaterina Kolotovkina, the wife of Lt. Gen. Andrei Kolotovkin, commander of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army, of Samara, developed a project called “Wives of Heroes,” now touring the country, with patriotic portraits of soldiers’ wives draped in their husbands’ uniforms.</p>
  1133. <p text="At the Samara House of Officers, she runs a group of women pensioners who cut and fold bandages for the war. The storeroom is crammed with goods to be sent to the front: children’s drawings, trench candles, and comfort packages of dry crackers, sweets and homemade good-luck charms." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">At the Samara House of Officers, she runs a group of women pensioners who cut and fold bandages for the war. The storeroom is crammed with goods to be sent to the front: children’s drawings, trench candles, and comfort packages of dry crackers, sweets and homemade good-luck charms.</p>
  1134. <p text="“The people who are coming back from the special military operation absolutely must be created as this new elite,” Kolotovkina said in an interview. “These are people who proved their love of Russia. They are true patriots. They have to be given decent jobs in state institutions.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“The people who are coming back from the special military operation absolutely must be created as this new elite,” Kolotovkina said in an interview. “These are people who proved their love of Russia. They are true patriots. They have to be given decent jobs in state institutions.”</p>
  1135. <p text="She blames the West for sending its “filth” to Russia, and for promoting LGBTQ+ people." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">She blames the West for sending its “filth” to Russia, and for promoting LGBTQ+ people.</p>
  1136. <p text="“The new Russia is all about family values, Mama and Papa,” she said. “Our children should be healthy and patriotic. It will be a strong, patriotic society. We will get rid of all those who started to destroy our country. I think the new Russia will have no place for these people.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“The new Russia is all about family values, Mama and Papa,” she said. “Our children should be healthy and patriotic. It will be a strong, patriotic society. We will get rid of all those who started to destroy our country. I think the new Russia will have no place for these people.”</p>
  1137. <p>&#8216;Scum and traitors&#8217;</p>
  1138. <p text="Along with its elevation of new heroes, Putin’s push to remake Russia is marked by the persecution of thousands of those he &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67996?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;calls&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/26/russia-media-putin-ukraine/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;“scum and traitors”&lt;/a&gt; — enemies of the state. More than 116,000 Russians were tried under repressive criminal or administrative articles during Putin’s most recent term, the highest since Stalinist times, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.proekt.media/en/guide-en/repressions-in-russia-study/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;study&lt;/a&gt; by Proekt, an investigative Russian news outlet." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bynywM-dropcap-true wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Along with its elevation of new heroes, Putin’s push to remake Russia is marked by the persecution of thousands of those he calls “scum and traitors” — enemies of the state. More than 116,000 Russians were tried under repressive criminal or administrative articles during Putin’s most recent term, the highest since Stalinist times, according to a study by Proekt, an investigative Russian news outlet.</p>
  1139. <p text="Among them is Boris Kagarlitsky, a leftist sociologist who was jailed in 1982 as a Soviet dissident his early 20s." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Among them is Boris Kagarlitsky, a leftist sociologist who was jailed in 1982 as a Soviet dissident his early 20s.</p>
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  1156. <p text="Now 65, Kagarlitsky was arrested again in July by the Federal Security Service for promoting “terrorism,” handcuffed and forced into an SUV by armed guards in black balaclavas, then driven 17 hours to Syktyvkar in northern Russia, where he faced court." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Now 65, Kagarlitsky was arrested again in July by the Federal Security Service for promoting “terrorism,” handcuffed and forced into an SUV by armed guards in black balaclavas, then driven 17 hours to Syktyvkar in northern Russia, where he faced court.</p>
  1157. <p text="“Kafka,” he said simply. “Everyone understood the absurdity.” He was fined and freed in December, then jailed again in February, after the prosecutor appealed. His days operating a YouTube channel out of a studio in a dim Moscow basement are finished. In an interview over lunch before he was sent back to prison, The Post asked why he did not leave Russia. He shrugged and smiled. Jail, he said, was “a professional hazard.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“Kafka,” he said simply. “Everyone understood the absurdity.” He was fined and freed in December, then jailed again in February, after the prosecutor appealed. His days operating a YouTube channel out of a studio in a dim Moscow basement are finished. In an interview over lunch before he was sent back to prison, The Post asked why he did not leave Russia. He shrugged and smiled. Jail, he said, was “a professional hazard.”</p>
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  1161. <p text="Kagarlitsky said Putin’s effort to re-engineer Russia is a desperate — and doomed — throw of the dice, disconnected from reality. “It’s not only out of step with ordinary Russians. It’s out of step with the elite itself,” he said, before rushing off to feed his cat." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Kagarlitsky said Putin’s effort to re-engineer Russia is a desperate — and doomed — throw of the dice, disconnected from reality. “It’s not only out of step with ordinary Russians. It’s out of step with the elite itself,” he said, before rushing off to feed his cat.</p>
  1162. <p text="The regime is also striving to discredit Putin critics outside Russia, including a beloved detective novelist, London-based Grigory Chkhartishvili, better known by his pen name, Boris Akunin, who was charged with “disseminating false information about the Russian military” and with “justifying terrorism” for opposing the war in Ukraine." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">The regime is also striving to discredit Putin critics outside Russia, including a beloved detective novelist, London-based Grigory Chkhartishvili, better known by his pen name, Boris Akunin, who was charged with “disseminating false information about the Russian military” and with “justifying terrorism” for opposing the war in Ukraine.</p>
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  1164. <p text="Russian stores banned his books, his royalties were seized and he was issued an arrest warrant in absentia. According to Chkhartishvili, Putin is implementing “Orthodox sharia” using xenophobic, bigoted, paranoid, misogynistic “and inevitably antisemitic” clichés to mobilize Russians. “Moscow must become a mecca of morons,” he said. “That’s the plan.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Russian stores banned his books, his royalties were seized and he was issued an arrest warrant in absentia. According to Chkhartishvili, Putin is implementing “Orthodox sharia” using xenophobic, bigoted, paranoid, misogynistic “and inevitably antisemitic” clichés to mobilize Russians. “Moscow must become a mecca of morons,” he said. “That’s the plan.”</p>
  1165. <p text="Many of those interviewed for this article have fled Russia or were later jailed, including an eccentric YouTuber, Askhabali Alibekov, who calls himself the “Wild Paratrooper.” Alibekov, of Novorossiysk in southern Russia, has been jailed three times for criticizing Putin and the war. He was on the run when he spoke to The Post in December." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Many of those interviewed for this article have fled Russia or were later jailed, including an eccentric YouTuber, Askhabali Alibekov, who calls himself the “Wild Paratrooper.” Alibekov, of Novorossiysk in southern Russia, has been jailed three times for criticizing Putin and the war. He was on the run when he spoke to The Post in December.</p>
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  1167. <p text="He grew up in an orphanage, earning the nickname “Little Wolf,” fighting bullies, always keen to have the last punch. But struggling against Putin, he said he felt “total impotence, powerlessness, helplessness.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">He grew up in an orphanage, earning the nickname “Little Wolf,” fighting bullies, always keen to have the last punch. But struggling against Putin, he said he felt “total impotence, powerlessness, helplessness.”</p>
  1168. <p text="“The country is turning into an absolutely totalitarian state. There is complete lawlessness,” Alibekov said. “There is no democracy. There are rich people and slaves, that’s all.” On Feb. 20, police dragged him off a train, and he was detained, awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting police." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“The country is turning into an absolutely totalitarian state. There is complete lawlessness,” Alibekov said. “There is no democracy. There are rich people and slaves, that’s all.” On Feb. 20, police dragged him off a train, and he was detained, awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting police.</p>
  1169. <p text="Russia’s Interior Ministry did not respond to an inquiry about the charges against Gallyamov or the cases against Zygar, Akunin and Alibekov." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Russia’s Interior Ministry did not respond to an inquiry about the charges against Gallyamov or the cases against Zygar, Akunin and Alibekov.</p>
  1170. <p text="The shock value in Russia’s hunt for enemies is enough to quell most dissent. In January, Yevgenia Maiboroda, 72, a lonely, deeply religious pensioner, was charged with extremism and jailed for 5½ years for two antiwar social media posts. And in February, a Nizhny Novgorod woman, Anastasia Yershova, was jailed for five days for displaying “extremist symbols” — earrings with a frog and a rainbow — which a court found to be pro-LGBTQ+." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">The shock value in Russia’s hunt for enemies is enough to quell most dissent. In January, Yevgenia Maiboroda, 72, a lonely, deeply religious pensioner, was charged with extremism and jailed for 5½ years for two antiwar social media posts. And in February, a Nizhny Novgorod woman, Anastasia Yershova, was jailed for five days for displaying “extremist symbols” — earrings with a frog and a rainbow — which a court found to be pro-LGBTQ+.</p>
  1171. <p>A dystopian edge</p>
  1172. <p text="In a shared wagon on a long-distance night train, a mother from a southern Russian city confided her worries about her children and their futures." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bynywM-dropcap-true wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">In a shared wagon on a long-distance night train, a mother from a southern Russian city confided her worries about her children and their futures.</p>
  1173. <p text="Her family loves to vacation in Italy, Spain, Egypt and Turkey. She showed off photos and videos of beach holidays and a New Year’s party in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, packed with Russians, all of whom, she said, wished for the war to end." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Her family loves to vacation in Italy, Spain, Egypt and Turkey. She showed off photos and videos of beach holidays and a New Year’s party in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, packed with Russians, all of whom, she said, wished for the war to end.</p>
  1174. <p text="Her daughter, 15, feels drawn to Europe and wants to be a journalist. Her son, 10, loves gaming. Both are addicted to their iPhones and iPads. Like their friends, they use virtual private networks (VPNs) to view banned sites such as Instagram." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Her daughter, 15, feels drawn to Europe and wants to be a journalist. Her son, 10, loves gaming. Both are addicted to their iPhones and iPads. Like their friends, they use virtual private networks (VPNs) to view banned sites such as Instagram.</p>
  1175. <p text="Russian authorities are ramping up technology to curtail dissent. Officials have flagged a ban on VPNs, and analysts see a ban on YouTube as inevitable." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Russian authorities are ramping up technology to curtail dissent. Officials have flagged a ban on VPNs, and analysts see a ban on YouTube as inevitable.</p>
  1176. <p text="There’s a dystopian edge to the new Russia. Peace activists, young and old, are behind bars, while convicted murderers, rapists and other violent criminals have been set free — pardoned by Putin to fight in Ukraine. Some are returning from war and committing horrific crimes." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">There’s a dystopian edge to the new Russia. Peace activists, young and old, are behind bars, while convicted murderers, rapists and other violent criminals have been set free — pardoned by Putin to fight in Ukraine. Some are returning from war and committing horrific crimes.</p>
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  1193. <figure id="image-TJB2HP32YVEGBK75QNBMHICZQ4" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium"><img alt="" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TJB2HP32YVEGBK75QNBMHICZQ4.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048 1x" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TJB2HP32YVEGBK75QNBMHICZQ4.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048" width="1992" height="1121" decoding="async" data-nimg="future" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent"/><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge">Vladimir Gusinsky, owner of the Media-MOST holding company, whose television station and print media have been critical of President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s government, speaks to reporters at the entrance of the building being searched by Russian police, in Moscow, May 11, 2000. The chorus of human rights activists are raising the alarm that civil liberties are under growing threat in President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s Russia, even though there has been no notable rise in rights violations. Rights advocates are fearful that the elevation of an ex-KGB officer to the presidency has, at the very least, emboldened the security services. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)<!-- --> <!-- -->(Misha Japaridze/Associated Press)</figcaption></figure>
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  1198. <p>Russian authorities raid NTV, the country’s only independent national television station, and arrest its owner, Vladimir Gusinsky, who is forced to sell the channel to Gazprom, the state-controlled energy giant.</p>
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  1209. <figure id="image-H5KASCNQGNEAXPSCWRT46NMNBM" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium"><img alt="" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/H5KASCNQGNEAXPSCWRT46NMNBM.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048 1x" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/H5KASCNQGNEAXPSCWRT46NMNBM.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048" width="2200" height="1237" decoding="async" data-nimg="future" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent"/><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge">MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION:  Former Yukos oil chief and Kremlin opposer Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrives under heavy security at the court house in Moscow, 22 December 2003.  A Moscow court is due to decide whether to extend for another three months his imprisonment.   AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR  (Photo credit should read MAXIM MARMUR/AFP/Getty Images)<!-- --> <!-- -->(Maxim Marmur/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
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  1214. <p>Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is jailed after suggesting he might run for president — a warning from Putin to all of Russia’s oligarchs.</p>
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  1225. <figure id="image-UJGS435J3RFJRNN34NLHLAPLL4" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium"><img alt="" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UJGS435J3RFJRNN34NLHLAPLL4_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048 1x" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UJGS435J3RFJRNN34NLHLAPLL4_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048" width="4317" height="2429" decoding="async" data-nimg="future" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent"/><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge">FILE- A woman places flowers before a portrait of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in Moscow, Oct. 7, 2009. Kremlin critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists have been attacked or killed in a variety of ways. Assassination attempts against foes of President Vladimir Putin have been common during his nearly quarter century in power. The journalist for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta was shot and killed in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building on Oct. 7, 2006 — Putin&#8217;s birthday. She had won international acclaim for her reporting on human rights abuses in Chechnya. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)<!-- --> <!-- -->(Pavel Golovkin/AP)</figcaption></figure>
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  1229. <div class="flex flex-row relative w-100 h-100 items-center hed-container" style="align-items:baseline">
  1230. <p>Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who exposed abuses by authorities in Chechnya, is fatally shot in her Moscow apartment building.</p>
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  1241. <figure id="image-MIU5TBUL4FBQVON3UHTQAI55L4" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium"><img alt="" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MIU5TBUL4FBQVON3UHTQAI55L4_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048 1x" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/MIU5TBUL4FBQVON3UHTQAI55L4_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048" width="4840" height="2723" decoding="async" data-nimg="future" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent"/><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge">Russian lawmakers attend a session of the lower house of the State Duma in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 6, 2012. A Kremlin-backed bill targeting NGOs as &#8216;foreign agents&#8217; won preliminary approval Friday in parliament. The law would impose harsh regulations on all foreign-funded non-governmental organizations that are involved in political activity, part of a broad crackdown on civil liberties and dissent that has accompanied Vladimir Putin&#8217;s return to the presidency in May.  (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)<!-- --> <!-- -->(Misha Japaridze/AP)</figcaption></figure>
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  1246. <p>Russia adopts a law requiring groups that receive outside financing to register as “foreign agents.”</p>
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  1257. <figure id="image-PI7HBF2FHVFZZMCPGKF7TWUJDE" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium"><img alt="" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PI7HBF2FHVFZZMCPGKF7TWUJDE.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048 1x" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PI7HBF2FHVFZZMCPGKF7TWUJDE.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048" width="4000" height="2250" decoding="async" data-nimg="future" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent"/><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge">TOPSHOT &#8211; Alexander Murakhovsky, chief doctor at Omsk Emergency Hospital No. 1 where Alexei Navalny was admitted after he fell ill in what his spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning, speaks to the media in Omsk on August 21, 2020. &#8211; Russian doctors said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny cannot be moved from the Siberian hospital where he is being treated for suspected poisoning, putting his life at risk, his spokeswoman said. Navalny, a 44-year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner who is among President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s fiercest critics, was hospitalised in Omsk after he lost consciousness while on a flight and his plane made an emergency landing. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)<!-- --> <!-- -->(Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
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  1260. <div class="">
  1261. <div class="flex flex-row relative w-100 h-100 items-center hed-container" style="align-items:baseline">
  1262. <p>Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Putin’s most formidable political rival, is poisoned with a nerve agent.</p>
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  1273. <p>Navalny is arrested on his return to Russia after recovering in Germany.</p>
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  1284. <figure id="image-PECQ4PVQR4K67NHYDXBWUMMK3E" class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium"><img alt="" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PECQ4PVQR4K67NHYDXBWUMMK3E_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048 1x" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PECQ4PVQR4K67NHYDXBWUMMK3E_size-normalized.jpg&amp;high_res=true&amp;w=2048" width="5864" height="3298" decoding="async" data-nimg="future" loading="lazy" style="color:transparent"/><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge">Russia&#8217;s Supreme Court judge Alla Nazarova orders the closure of Memorial International, the organisation&#8217;s central structure, over breaches of its designation as a &#8220;foreign agent&#8221; during a court hearing in Moscow on December 28, 2021. &#8211; Memorial International is Russia&#8217;s most prominent rights group. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)<!-- --> <!-- -->(Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
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  1289. <p>Memorial, a human rights organization that uncovered crimes against humanity by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, is accused of violating the foreign agent law and shut down.</p>
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  1300. <div class="wpds-c-eEAsZA carousel-text">The start of Russia’s full-scale attack sparks antiwar protests in Russia. In the next months, tens of thousands of Russians leave in a historic exodus.</div>
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  1311. <p>Russia’s Supreme Court bans the “international LGBT public movement” as an extremist organization, capping years of tightening repression such as laws prohibiting gay “propaganda,” which spurred sporadic protests, including this one in 2022 in St. Petersburg.</p>
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  1322. <p>Navalny dies unexpectedly in the “Polar Wolf” prison. Russia authorities cite “natural causes.” Navalny’s family says he was murdered.</p>
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  1334. <p text="Many liberals, including Kagarlitsky and Gallyamov, doubt that Putin and his hard-liners can succeed. “Societies never get de-modernized,” Kagarlitsky said." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Many liberals, including Kagarlitsky and Gallyamov, doubt that Putin and his hard-liners can succeed. “Societies never get de-modernized,” Kagarlitsky said.</p>
  1335. <p text="Gallyamov said that many Russians are “really afraid” and will eventually repudiate Putin’s rule, just as Germany rejected the Nazis." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Gallyamov said that many Russians are “really afraid” and will eventually repudiate Putin’s rule, just as Germany rejected the Nazis.</p>
  1336. <p text="“The general Russian population is tired of his militarism, of the war, of this patriotic, anti-Western hysteria,” Gallyamov said. “They drastically want just normalization.”" class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“The general Russian population is tired of his militarism, of the war, of this patriotic, anti-Western hysteria,” Gallyamov said. “They drastically want just normalization.”</p>
  1337. <p text="Perhaps the fatigue is murmured too softly for the Kremlin to hear. On the overnight train, the woman was careful to steer clear of politics, a subject she dreads. And yet her despair spilled out." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">Perhaps the fatigue is murmured too softly for the Kremlin to hear. On the overnight train, the woman was careful to steer clear of politics, a subject she dreads. And yet her despair spilled out.</p>
  1338. <p text="“I just wish there was an end to these troubled times,” she said, in a low, bitter voice." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css">“I just wish there was an end to these troubled times,” she said, in a low, bitter voice.</p>
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  1342. <p text="Reporting by Robyn Dixon. Natalia Abbakumova in Riga, Latvia, contributed to this report. Photography by Nanna Heitmann and Ksenia Ivanova. Graphics reporting by Júlia Ledur." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-kdAvFk-font-franklin wpds-c-hcZlgz-icTQGaB-css">Reporting by Robyn Dixon. Natalia Abbakumova in Riga, Latvia, contributed to this report. Photography by Nanna Heitmann and Ksenia Ivanova. Graphics reporting by Júlia Ledur.</p>
  1343. <p text="Editing David M. Herszenhorn and Wendy Galietta. Additional editing by Vanessa Larson and Martha Murdock. Design and development by Yutao Chen and Anna Lefkowitz. Design editing by Christine Ashack. Photo editing by Olivier Laurent. Video editing by Jon Gerberg. Graphics editing by Samuel Granados." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-kdAvFk-font-franklin wpds-c-hcZlgz-icTQGaB-css">Editing David M. Herszenhorn and Wendy Galietta. Additional editing by Vanessa Larson and Martha Murdock. Design and development by Yutao Chen and Anna Lefkowitz. Design editing by Christine Ashack. Photo editing by Olivier Laurent. Video editing by Jon Gerberg. Graphics editing by Samuel Granados.</p>
  1344. <p text="Additional support from Matt Clough, Kenneth Dickerman, Jordan Melendrez and Joe Snell." class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-kdAvFk-font-franklin wpds-c-hcZlgz-icTQGaB-css">Additional support from Matt Clough, Kenneth Dickerman, Jordan Melendrez and Joe Snell.</p>
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  1357. <title>Putin orders nuke weapons test as Russia warns Western troops deployed inside Ukraine will spark &#8216;worldwide catastrophe&#8217;</title>
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  1366. <description><![CDATA[<p>RUSSIA has warned that if Western troops are deployed inside of Ukraine then a &#8220;worldwide catastrophe&#8221; will break out. The Russian threats come as Putin has been seen ordering his men to undergo tactical nuclear weapons testing as they directly warn the West to back-off. 9 Putin has ordered his men to undergo tactical nuclear [&#8230;]</p>
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  1370. <p>RUSSIA has warned that if Western troops are deployed inside of Ukraine then a &#8220;worldwide catastrophe&#8221; will break out.</p>
  1371. <p>The Russian threats come as Putin has been seen ordering his men to  undergo tactical nuclear weapons testing as they directly warn the West to back-off.</p>
  1372. <figure class="article__media">
  1373. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220513"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Putin has ordered his men to undergo tactical nuclear weapons testing in response to Western threats of helping out Ukraine with military personnel" height="540" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg" data-credit="East2West" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305195.jpg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
  1374. <p><span class="article__gallery-count-value">9</span></p>
  1375. </div><figcaption class="article__media-caption"><span class="article__media-span">Putin has ordered his men to undergo tactical nuclear weapons testing in response to Western threats of helping out Ukraine with military personnel</span><span class="article__credit">Credit: East2West</span></figcaption></figure>
  1376. <figure class="article__media">
  1377. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220514"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Top Kremlin crony Dmitry Medvedev has warned of a 'worldwide catastrophe' if Western troops are deployed to Ukraine" height="670" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg" data-credit="Reuters" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/speaks-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev-333489572.jpg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
  1378. <p><span class="article__gallery-count-value">9</span></p>
  1379. </div><figcaption class="article__media-caption"><span class="article__media-span">Top Kremlin crony Dmitry Medvedev has warned of a &#8216;worldwide catastrophe&#8217; if Western troops are deployed to Ukraine</span><span class="article__credit">Credit: Reuters</span></figcaption></figure>
  1380. <figure class="article__media">
  1381. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220515"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="French President Emmanuel Macron, right, said he will help pal Volodymyr Zelensky by sending his troops to fight in Ukraine in a move that has angered the Kremlin" height="640" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg" data-credit="Rex" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-elysee-palace-paris-ukrainian-880113142_d14b9c.jpg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
  1382. <p><span class="article__gallery-count-value">9</span></p>
  1383. </div><figcaption class="article__media-caption"><span class="article__media-span">French President Emmanuel Macron, right, said he will help pal Volodymyr Zelensky by sending his troops to fight in Ukraine in a move that has angered the Kremlin</span><span class="article__credit">Credit: Rex</span></figcaption></figure>
  1384. <figure class="article__media">
  1385. <div class="article__media-img-container" data-index="220516"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="960" width="943" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg" data-credit="" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?strip=all&amp;w=943" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_ec939f.jpeg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></div>
  1386. </figure>
  1387. <p>Paranoid Putin told his Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to prepare military drills “in order to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to fulfil combat missions”.</p>
  1388. <p>This is believed to involve land, air and sea practice and preparations, say the defence ministry.</p>
  1389. <p>The drills are thought to be linked to the US, UK and France in particular after French President Emmanuel Macron declared he will send his troops to Ukraine if Putin breaks through the frontline.</p>
  1390. <p>If France was to send their troops into Ukraine&#8217;s backyard then it could cause major issues.</p>
  1391. <div class="read-more-container theme-news read-more-container--article-entry t-010-background-color" data-widget-title="read more in Russia vs Nato" data-widget-article-count="2">
  1392. <h2 class="read-more-container_title" data-original-text="read more in Russia vs Nato">read more in Russia vs Nato</h2>
  1393. </div>
  1394. <p>The French would prove to be the first set of troops with Nato links to step up to Putin&#8217;s war machine and go head-to-head with the Russian <span id="41f4f901-60f1-4da9-94f0-217f6ad6a8f0" class="suggested-link">army</span>.</p>
  1395. <p>Nato has consistently wanted to keep the idea of an escalation of a larger conflict minimal.</p>
  1396. <p>The reason why it could cause a potential major issue is as Article 5 in Nato&#8217;s handbook states that all members are obliged to defend each other if there is an attack. </p>
  1397. <p>Russia are thought to be well aware that if they attack and kill French troops then it could draw in UK, German and even US troops into the battle.</p>
  1398. <div id="bc-video-6351981039112" class="brightcove"><span class="article__bc_video-caption">Russia will sink Britain under nuclear tide with Satan 2 missiles if NATO intervenes in Ukraine, vows top Putin stooge</span></div>
  1399. <p>Ukraine have also been using Storm Shadow missiles provided to them by Nato allies in the war with Russia.</p>
  1400. <p>A raging Putin has previously slammed some of Lord David Cameron&#8217;s comments as &#8220;dangerous and worrying&#8221; after he said British missiles could be used to blitz Russian territory.</p>
  1401. <p>Top Kremlin crony and ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said the fresh tests should be taken as a real threat.</p>
  1402. <p>Medvedev accused Western leaders of being &#8220;scoundrels&#8221; before slamming them &#8220;for sending their troops to a non-existent country&#8221;.</p>
  1403. <p>He pinpointed the US, France and the UK of being involved as well as &#8220;individual madmen from the Baltic states and <span id="80652fe2-b33b-4179-8fc2-56ce323af346" class="suggested-link">Poland</span>&#8220;.</p>
  1404. <blockquote class="article__quote">
  1405. <div class="article__quote-copy">
  1406. <p>A world catastrophe will come&#8230; But the current infantile morons who have seized power in the West do not want to understand</p>
  1407. <p><cite class="article__quote-credit t-p-color"><span class="quote-credit">Dmitry Medvedev</span><span class="quote-credit-meta">Top Kremlin crony</span></cite></div>
  1408. </blockquote>
  1409. <p>It was labelled as a &#8220;cynical calculation for political dividends and a total degradation of the ruling class in the West&#8221;.</p>
  1410. <p>He warned Russia will not hesitate to fight against whoever they need to and will do so in any country.</p>
  1411. <p>Medvedev claimed his men will &#8220;have to respond&#8221; if troops are sent into Ukraine and clearly stated they will not look to just kill the foreign troops but also seek revenge on the countries who sent them.</p>
  1412. <p>His chilling speech ended with him saying: “A world catastrophe will come&#8230; But the current infantile morons who have seized <span id="80079224-17e6-48c5-82c0-ca415d4f852c" class="suggested-link">power</span> in the West do not want to understand.”</p>
  1413. <figure class="article__media">
  1414. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220517"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Putin has been angered by the recent comments from French, British and US officials all saying they will support Ukraine in any way necessary" height="611" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg" data-credit="AFP" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5b9113b9-5d54-47e0-a371-7afcc3a85494.jpg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
  1415. <p><span class="article__gallery-count-value">9</span></p>
  1416. </div><figcaption class="article__media-caption"><span class="article__media-span">Putin has been angered by the recent comments from French, British and US officials all saying they will support Ukraine in any way necessary</span><span class="article__credit">Credit: AFP</span></figcaption></figure>
  1417. <figure class="article__media">
  1418. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220518"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="The nuclear weapons being tested have devastating consequences but don't cause widespread destruction and radioactive fallout like typical nukes" height="540" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg" data-credit="East2West" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vladimir-putin-threatens-west-ordering-899305191.jpg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
  1419. <p><span class="article__gallery-count-value">9</span></p>
  1420. </div><figcaption class="article__media-caption"><span class="article__media-span">The nuclear weapons being tested have devastating consequences but don&#8217;t cause widespread destruction and radioactive fallout like typical nukes</span><span class="article__credit">Credit: East2West</span></figcaption></figure>
  1421. <figure class="article__media">
  1422. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220519"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="826" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg" data-credit="" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_108a9b.jpeg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
  1423. <p><span class="article__gallery-count-value">9</span></p>
  1424. </div>
  1425. </figure>
  1426. <p>Russia&#8217;s defence ministry spoke about the missile testing and agreed with Medvedev about why Russia was gearing up for potential <span id="8fa2f89b-9f04-4734-b4ea-acb0b85938a2" class="suggested-link">strikes</span>.</p>
  1427. <p>They said: “The exercise is aimed at maintaining the readiness of the personnel and equipment of units for the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons.&#8221;</p>
  1428. <p>They have been done &#8220;in order to respond to and unconditionally ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Russian State&#8221;.</p>
  1429. <p>The ministry accused Western officials of making &#8220;provocative statements and threats&#8221; against them.</p>
  1430. <p>The nuclear weapons being tested have devastating consequences for those that they hit but don&#8217;t cause widespread destruction and radioactive fallout like typical nukes.</p>
  1431. <p>Putin and the Kremlin value these nukes as some of the best items in their war arsenal.</p>
  1432. <div class="article-boxout">
  1433. <p><h3 class="article-boxout__headline t-s-border-color">Nato&#8217;s nuclear showdown with Putin</h3>
  1434. </p>
  1435. <div class="article-boxout__content theme__background-color-rgba-20">
  1436. <div class="article-boxout__content-img"><img decoding="async" class="lazyload" alt="" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1949-12-founding-countries-signed-891597319.jpg?strip=all&amp;quality=100&amp;w=620&amp;h=413&amp;crop=1"/></div>
  1437. <p class="article__content--intro">NATO is headed for a nuclear showdown with the west as Nato could be considering moving nukes to Putin&#8217;s doorstep.</p>
  1438. <div>
  1439. <p>Below is a timeline of some of the thinly veiled threats the Kremlin has made against the West since invading Ukraine two years ago.</p>
  1440. <p><strong>Feb 24, 2022 &#8211;</strong> Vladimir Putin: “No matter who tries to stand in our way or all the more so create threats for our country and our people, they must know that Russia will respond immediately, and the consequences will be such as you have never seen in your entire history.&#8221;</p>
  1441. <p><strong>March 26, 2022 &#8211;</strong> Putin crony Dmitry Medvedev: “We have a special document on nuclear deterrence. This document clearly indicates the grounds on which the Russian Federation is entitled to use nuclear weapons.</p>
  1442. <p>&#8220;[This includes] when an act of aggression is committed against Russia and its allies.&#8221;</p>
  1443. <p><strong>April 20, 2022 &#8211; </strong>Vladimir Putin: “[The new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads] will force all who are trying to threaten our country in the heat of frenzied, aggressive rhetoric to think twice.&#8221;</p>
  1444. <p><strong>Feb 29, 2024 </strong>&#8211; Vladimir Putin: “They must understand that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory&#8230; </p>
  1445. <p>&#8220;All this really threatens a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons and the destruction of civilisation. Don’t they get that?”</p>
  1446. <p><strong>March 12, 2024 &#8211;</strong> Vladimir Putin declared that weapons like nukes &#8220;exist in order to use them&#8221;.</p>
  1447. <p><strong>May, 2, 2024-</strong> French President Emmanuel Macron declares he will send his countries troops to Ukraine if Putin breaks through the frontline.</p>
  1448. <p>A chilling nuclear war simulator has also revealed how a Russian nuclear strike could trigger a global conflict &#8211; killing 35 million people in just a matter of hours.</p>
  1449. <p>The model predicts a catastrophic war escalating from an initial Russian nuclear strike, which quickly draws in other powers.</p>
  1450. <p>Known as &#8220;Plan A&#8221;, the four-minute animation aims to highlight the horrific potential consequences of conflict between Russia and NATO countries as all nations would fire strikes against one another.</p>
  1451. <p>The model predicts that almost 35 million people would die within hours &#8211; many of those in the first 45 minutes.</p>
  1452. <p>The trigger-happy tyrant has even started talking about how he could deploy nukes in space, saying that Russia can be &#8220;proud&#8221; of its work on a &#8220;nuclear power plant&#8230; for operation in space&#8221;.</p>
  1453. <p>A bombshell warning from US intelligence in February suggested Vlad could be hoping to arm his existing anti-satellite weapon with nukes and launch it into space.</p>
  1454. <p>Last year, Putin was said to be readying a deadly 20,000mph &#8220;meteorite&#8221; hypersonic missile for combat</p>
  1455. </div>
  1456. </div>
  1457. </div>
  1458. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">RUSSIA&#8217;S REVENGE</h2>
  1459. <p>A Russian propagandist has previously warned Putin will sink Britain under a nuclear tidal wave if Nato ever sends troops to Ukraine.</p>
  1460. <p>Top Putin crony Dmitry Kiselyov warned that any bid by the West to &#8220;inflict a strategic defeat on Russia” would result in Armageddon.</p>
  1461. <p>Europe was also said to be gearing up to forge a bubble of nuclear protection from Russia made up of 300 French ballistic missiles.</p>
  1462. <p>Macron suggested the submarine-launched warheads are fanned across the continent to shore up collective defence.</p>
  1463. <p>It comes after PM Rishi Sunak jetted off to Poland along with Nato chief Yens Stoltenberg for urgent security talks.</p>
  1464. <p>Sunak seized the moment to pledge to raise the UK&#8217;s defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 as he said Britain was on a &#8220;war footing&#8221;.</p>
  1465. <p>It marks the biggest defence boost in a generation with a cash injection of £75billion across the next six years.</p>
  1466. <p>Sunak hailed it as the “biggest strengthening of national defence in a generation” to combat a growing axis of evil between Russia,  Iran, China and North Korea.</p>
  1467. <p>A record £500million was earmarked for President Zelensky’s war effort, as the PM warned Putin will not stop at the Polish border should the despot win in Ukraine.</p>
  1468. <p>The power-package will include further ammunition, air defence and drones and take the UK’s support for Kyiv to £3billion this financial year.</p>
  1469. <p>It comes as British-made bombs are set to be used by US fighter jets under plans to boost Ukraine’s air force.</p>
  1470. <p>The UK has pledged to arm the jets with Paveway IV bombs that weigh 500lb and cost £30,000 each.</p>
  1471. <p>The weapons are part of a package of 1,600 bombs and missiles announced by Britain last week.</p>
  1472. <p> Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the F-16 deal as a “breakthrough moment” in the war against Russia.</p>
  1473. <p>A raging Putin slammed Lord Cameron&#8217;s comments as &#8220;dangerous and worrying&#8221; after he said British missiles could be used to blitz Russian territory.</p>
  1474. <figure class="article__media">
  1475. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220520"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="960" width="808" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg" data-credit="" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?strip=all&amp;w=808" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_2e316c.jpeg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
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  1477. </div>
  1478. </figure>
  1479. <figure class="article__media">
  1480. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220521"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Putin and his defence ministry have accused Western officials of making 'provocative statements and threats' against them" height="687" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg" data-credit="AFP" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pool-photograph-distributed-russian-state-896947467.jpg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
  1481. <p><span class="article__gallery-count-value">9</span></p>
  1482. </div><figcaption class="article__media-caption"><span class="article__media-span">Putin and his defence ministry have accused Western officials of making &#8216;provocative statements and threats&#8217; against them</span><span class="article__credit">Credit: AFP</span></figcaption></figure>
  1483. <figure class="article__media">
  1484. <div class="article__media-img-container open-gallery" data-index="220522"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Russia has a huge number of dangerous weapons including Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers" height="477" width="960" class="lazyload" src="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg" data-credit="AFP" data-sizes="(max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px" data-img="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960" srcset="https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=335 335w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=480 480w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=670 670w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=960 960w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/russian-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-899301762.jpg?w=2480 2480w" role="img"/></p>
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  1486. </div><figcaption class="article__media-caption"><span class="article__media-span">Russia has a huge number of dangerous weapons including Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers</span><span class="article__credit">Credit: AFP</span></figcaption></figure>
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  1498. <title>Kristi Noem: Joe Biden&#8217;s dog Commander &#8216;should be put down&#8217;, opponent who shot and killed her own dog suggests &#124; US News</title>
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  1507. <description><![CDATA[<p>Joe Biden&#8217;s dog &#8211; which has bitten US Secret Service staff several times &#8211; should be put down, a political opponent, who wrote about shooting her own dog, has suggested. Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor, who is being vetted as a candidate for Donald Trump&#8217;s vice president in November&#8217;s election, admitted shooting and killing [&#8230;]</p>
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  1511. <p>Joe Biden&#8217;s dog &#8211; which has bitten US Secret Service staff several times &#8211; should be put down, a political opponent, who wrote about shooting her own dog, has suggested.</p>
  1512. <p><strong>Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor</strong>, who is being vetted as <strong>a candidate for Donald Trump&#8217;s vice president</strong> in November&#8217;s election, admitted shooting and killing Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer, more than 20 years ago.</p>
  1513. <p>In her memoir, due to be published this week, the Republican reportedly details how she killed the &#8220;extremely dangerous&#8221; puppy after the animal attacked and killed a neighbouring family&#8217;s chickens.</p>
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  1517.          <img decoding="async" class="sdc-article-image__item" loading="lazy" intrinsicsize="768x432" src="https://e3.365dm.com/24/05/768x432/skynews-kristi-noem_6540398.jpg?20240502115209" srcset="https://e3.365dm.com/24/05/384x216/skynews-kristi-noem_6540398.jpg?20240502115209 380w, https://e3.365dm.com/24/05/768x432/skynews-kristi-noem_6540398.jpg?20240502115209 760w, https://e3.365dm.com/24/05/1600x900/skynews-kristi-noem_6540398.jpg?20240502115209 1024w, https://e3.365dm.com/24/05/2048x1152/skynews-kristi-noem_6540398.jpg?20240502115209 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw" alt="Kristi Noem has defended her decision to shoot her puppy dead. "/>
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  1519.        <span class="u-hide-visually">Image:</span><br />
  1520.        <span class="ui-media-caption__caption-text">Kristi Noem has defended her decision to shoot her puppy dead. Pic: AP<br />
  1521.        </span><br />
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  1527.          <img decoding="async" class="sdc-article-image__item" loading="lazy" intrinsicsize="768x432" src="https://e3.365dm.com/23/07/768x432/skynews-joe-biden-commander_6230746.jpg?20230726125019" srcset="https://e3.365dm.com/23/07/384x216/skynews-joe-biden-commander_6230746.jpg?20230726125019 380w, https://e3.365dm.com/23/07/768x432/skynews-joe-biden-commander_6230746.jpg?20230726125019 760w, https://e3.365dm.com/23/07/1600x900/skynews-joe-biden-commander_6230746.jpg?20230726125019 1024w, https://e3.365dm.com/23/07/2048x1152/skynews-joe-biden-commander_6230746.jpg?20230726125019 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw" alt="President Joe Biden&amp;#39;s dog Commander, a German shepherd, is walked outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)"/>
  1528.    </div><figcaption class="ui-media-caption">
  1529.        <span class="u-hide-visually">Image:</span><br />
  1530.        <span class="ui-media-caption__caption-text">Commander is walked outside the West Wing. File pic: AP<br />
  1531.        </span><br />
  1532.      </figcaption></figure>
  1533. </div>
  1534. <p>In an interview on Sunday, she suggested the <strong>US president</strong>&#8216;s German shepherd, Commander, should meet the same fate.</p>
  1535. <p>She told CBS News&#8217; Face The Nation: &#8220;Joe Biden&#8217;s dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people. So how many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog and what to do with it?&#8221;</p>
  1536. <p>When asked by host Margaret Brennan, who pointed out the animal no longer lived at the White house, whether she was suggesting the dog should be shot, Ms Noem said: &#8220;That what&#8217;s the president should be accountable to.&#8221;</p>
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  1550. <p>In her book, Noem reportedly describes Cricket as &#8220;less than worthless&#8221; and &#8220;untrainable&#8221;.</p>
  1551. <p>After having shot her dog, she reportedly killed her family&#8217;s goat, which she called &#8220;nasty and mean&#8221;, The Guardian, which had an early copy of the book, reported.</p>
  1552. <p>The governor, who has often defended her actions, despite widespread criticism, again justified her decision in Sunday&#8217;s interview, saying: &#8220;I made a difficult choice. I think you&#8217;re a mother, too. And you have little kiddos.</p>
  1553. <p>&#8220;Would you make a choice between your children or a dangerous animal? And I think I would ask everybody in the country to put themselves in that situation.&#8221;</p>
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  1557.          <img decoding="async" class="sdc-article-image__item" loading="lazy" intrinsicsize="768x432" src="https://e3.365dm.com/23/10/768x432/skynews-white-house-dog-commander_6310765.jpg?20231006100451" srcset="https://e3.365dm.com/23/10/384x216/skynews-white-house-dog-commander_6310765.jpg?20231006100451 380w, https://e3.365dm.com/23/10/768x432/skynews-white-house-dog-commander_6310765.jpg?20231006100451 760w, https://e3.365dm.com/23/10/1600x900/skynews-white-house-dog-commander_6310765.jpg?20231006100451 1024w, https://e3.365dm.com/23/10/2048x1152/skynews-white-house-dog-commander_6310765.jpg?20231006100451 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw" alt="Commander is no longer on the White House campus"/>
  1558.    </div><figcaption class="ui-media-caption">
  1559.        <span class="u-hide-visually">Image:</span><br />
  1560.        <span class="ui-media-caption__caption-text">Commander is no longer on the White House campus. Pic: AP<br />
  1561.        </span><br />
  1562.      </figcaption></figure>
  1563. </div>
  1564. <p>Asked why she did not take the dog to a shelter instead of killing it, she said Cricket was &#8220;a working dog&#8221; who &#8220;had come from a family that had already had issues with this dog&#8221;.</p>
  1565. <p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t ask somebody else to take that responsibility for me&#8230; I had to make that decision myself,&#8221; she added.</p>
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  1570.    </div><figcaption class="ui-media-caption">
  1571.        <span class="u-hide-visually">Image:</span><br />
  1572.        <span class="ui-media-caption__caption-text">Kristi Noem shot dead a wirehair pointer dog. File pic<br />
  1573.        </span><br />
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  1575. </div>
  1576. <p>Mr Biden has not commented.</p>
  1577. <p>Sky News reported the US <strong>president&#8217;s</strong> German shepherd was <strong>removed from the White House</strong> last October after he bit a female officer, <strong>resulting in her needing medical treatment</strong>.</p>
  1578. <p><strong>Read more from Sky News:</strong><br /><strong>Peace in Gaza looks as distant as ever</strong><br /><strong>How does the US election work?</strong><br /><strong>&#8216;Real men wear daipers&#8217;, according to Trump supporters </strong></p>
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  1583.    </div><figcaption class="ui-media-caption">
  1584.        <span class="u-hide-visually">Image:</span><br />
  1585.        <span class="ui-media-caption__caption-text">Kristi Noem is Donald Trump&#8217;s potential running mate. Pic: AP<br />
  1586.        </span><br />
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  1588. </div>
  1589. <p>Commander bit staff <strong>at least 10 times in one four-month period</strong>, according to Department of Homeland Security records.</p>
  1590. <p>Mr Biden&#8217;s previous pet, another German shepherd named Major, <strong>was sent to live with friends in Delaware</strong> after some biting incidents of his own.</p>
  1591. </p></div>
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  1601. <title>Israel-Hamas cease-fire hope fades, Palestinians told to evacuate east Rafah ahead of expected offensive</title>
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  1610. <description><![CDATA[<p>Israel&#8217;s military ordered Palestinians in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip city of Rafah to evacuate Monday ahead of a ground offensive long promised by the Jewish state&#8217;s leaders. The message was delivered with fliers, phone calls, messages and media broadcasts in Arabic after a weekend that saw hope for a new cease-fire in [&#8230;]</p>
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  1614. <p>Israel&#8217;s military ordered Palestinians in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip city of Rafah to evacuate Monday ahead of a ground offensive long promised by the Jewish state&#8217;s leaders. The message was delivered with fliers, phone calls, messages and media broadcasts in Arabic after a weekend that saw hope for a new cease-fire in the seven-month <span class="link">Israel-Hamas war</span> dashed yet again. </p>
  1615. <p>People quickly started fleeing from the eastern part of Rafah on Monday, on foot or by any other means available to them.</p>
  1616. <p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s government had stressed its intent to carry out an incursion into Rafah, Gaza&#8217;s southernmost city, over the last week despite last-ditch efforts led by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt to broker a new cease-fire deal. </p>
  1617. <figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium"><span class="img embed__content"><img alt="PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT " height="413" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/05/06/311496b0-49de-4c6c-828c-a4008c6e30a0/thumbnail/620x413g8/164fdf3bc1691a807c28db9a15502e6e/rafah-evacuation-2151147795.jpg?v=1d6c78a71b7b6252b543a329b3a5744d 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/05/06/311496b0-49de-4c6c-828c-a4008c6e30a0/thumbnail/1240x826g8/9b00460fb7c351cf2784ef4190722cd0/rafah-evacuation-2151147795.jpg?v=1d6c78a71b7b6252b543a329b3a5744d 2x"/></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, pack their belongings following an evacuation order by the Israeli army, May 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.</span></p>
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  1619. <p>                AFP/Getty</p>
  1620. <p>                          </span><br />
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  1622. <p>Those diplomatic efforts appeared to fizzle by Sunday however, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other for the impasse and Hamas then <span class="link">carrying out a deadly rocket attack</span> on an Israeli military checkpoint near a key border crossing between Israel and Gaza.</p>
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  1627. <p>President Biden has pushed Israel for weeks to limit the scope of any Rafah operation and not to launch a ground offensive on the city without ensuring the safety of more than 1 million displaced Palestinian civilians believed to have sought refuge there from across the Gaza Strip. </p>
  1628. <p> The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it expected to evacuate as many as 100,000 people from the eastern part of Rafah. They were told in the messages to head several miles to the northwest, to the al-Mawasi area on Gaza&#8217;s Mediterranean coast, where humanitarian relief has been prepared. The military said those preparations included basic necessities such as food, water and medicines, in addition to a field hospital.</p>
  1629. <p> While there <span class="link">had been hope last week</span> that the latest flurry of international diplomacy might yield a new agreement to secure the release of dozens more Israeli hostages held in Gaza in exchange for a halt in the fighting — averting a Rafah offensive — the IDF appeared to be preparing for that operation in the wake of the Hamas attack on the Kerem Shalom border crossing.</p>
  1630. <figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium"><span class="img embed__content"><img alt="Israeli soldiers and medics walk near an ambulance after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for an attack on Kerem Shalom crossing " height="413" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/05/05/c4bcee69-d1b9-47c4-bdac-023a398b3564/thumbnail/620x413/3455a6bb88d9a367bb08e6fdfb87e177/2024-05-05t120950z-222461151-rc2bk7a7r145-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-crossing-attack.jpg?v=1d6c78a71b7b6252b543a329b3a5744d 1x, https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/05/05/c4bcee69-d1b9-47c4-bdac-023a398b3564/thumbnail/1240x826/a7dbd78c8d44e14713b7067df82fe65f/2024-05-05t120950z-222461151-rc2bk7a7r145-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-crossing-attack.jpg?v=1d6c78a71b7b6252b543a329b3a5744d 2x"/></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Israeli soldiers and medics walk near an ambulance after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for an attack on Kerem Shalom crossing, near Israel&#8217;s border with Gaza in southern Israel, May 5, 2024.</span></p>
  1631. <p>                  <span class="embed__credit"></p>
  1632. <p>                Amir Cohen / REUTERS</p>
  1633. <p>                          </span><br />
  1634.              </figcaption></figure>
  1635. <p>Hamas militants launched the rocket attack Sunday from the eastern part of Rafah, hitting the IDF checkpoint only about 1,000 feet away, next to the crossing point. The strike killed four IDF soldiers and wounded at least several more, the military said Monday, raising the death toll given the previous day by one.</p>
  1636. <p>The IDF would not confirm that the evacuation order issued Monday was linked directly to the Hamas attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing. </p>
  1637. <p>Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhuri was quoted by the Reuters news agency Monday as saying the evacuation order constituted &#8220;a dangerous escalation&#8221; on Israel&#8217;s part, which he warned would &#8220;have consequences.&#8221;</p>
  1638. <p>Zuhuri blamed the U.S. for continuing to back Israel in the war, which was sparked by Hamas&#8217; unprecedented Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, which saw the militants kill some 1,200 people and take about 240 others hostage. About 100 of those captives, including five U.S. nationals, are still believed to be alive, held by Hamas or its allies in Gaza.</p>
  1639. <p>The Axios news outlet, citing an unnamed official with Hamas, said Monday that the group — long designated a terrorist organization by Israel and the U.S. — was threatening to walk away from the negotiations for another hostage release and cease-fire over the evacuation order.</p>
  1640. <figure class="embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium "><figcaption class="embed__caption-container">
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  1643. <p>          <span class="embed__headline">Jordan&#8217;s Queen Rania al Abdullah says U.S. is seen as &#8220;enabler&#8221; of Israel</span></p>
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  1646. <p>Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, addressing IDF troops in Gaza during a visit Sunday, said Israel saw &#8220;signs that Hamas does not intend to follow any plan&#8221; for a cease-fire, which he said would mean &#8220;an intense action in Rafah in the near future, and in other places all over the strip.&#8221;</p>
  1647. <p>For the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who&#8217;ve sought refuge in Rafah — many of them displaced multiple times already by Israel&#8217;s war with Gaza&#8217;s Hamas rulers — Monday morning brought more fear and uncertainty.</p>
  1648. <p>&#8220;They are calling people in the eastern area of Rafah, some also in the west, near the Rafah crossing, ordering them to leave,&#8221; said Palestinian Abu Muhey, who has been sheltering with family members north of Rafah. &#8220;We don&#8217;t know what to do, but I will take my family to Deir Al-Balah,&#8221; he said, suggesting they would try to flee even further north in the decimated Palestinian territory. </p>
  1649. <p> Given the scale of destruction in Gaza already, U.S. officials have voiced concern for weeks about the feasibility of moving so many people out of harm&#8217;s way in advance of any Rafah offensive. The United Nations, meanwhile, has issued a series of increasingly dire warnings that a full-scale military operation in the city would leave hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk of death.</p>
  1650. <p>&#8220;An Israeli offensive in #Rafah would mean more civilian suffering &amp; deaths. The consequences would be devastating for 1.4 million people,&#8221; the U.N.&#8217;s humanitarian agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, reiterated in a social media post on Monday. </p>
  1651. <p>&#8220;UNRWA is not evacuating,&#8221; the U.N. agency stated bluntly in its tweet. &#8220;The Agency will maintain a presence in Rafah as long as possible &amp; will continue providing lifesaving aid to people.&#8221;</p>
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  1669. <p class="content-author__text">Ramy Inocencio is a foreign correspondent for CBS News based in London and previously served as Asia correspondent based in Beijing.</p>
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