Coverage dated March 17, 2022

Putin likens opponents to 'gnats,' signaling new repression

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NEW YORK (AP) — Facing stiff resistance in Ukraine and crippling economic sanctions at home, Russian President Vladimir Putin is using language that recalls the rhetoric from Josef Stalin’s show

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Putin likens opponents to 'gnats,' signaling new repression (opens Independent Tribune)
Published Mar 17, 2022
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NEW YORK (AP) — Facing stiff resistance in Ukraine and crippling economic sanctions at home, Russian President Vladimir Putin is using language that recalls the rhetoric from Josef Stalin’s show
Los Angeles Times
Scum, traitors, gnats: Putin ramps up the rhetoric against his opponents at home (opens Los Angeles Times)
Published Mar 17, 2022
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Facing stiff resistance in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is using language that recalls the rhetoric of Stalin's show trials of the 1930s.
The Times of Israel
Calling opponents ‘gnats,’ Putin signals repression using Stalin show trial language (opens The Times of Israel)
Published Mar 17, 2022
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Russian president's ominous speech set the stage for sweeping action against those who dare to speak out against the invasion of Ukraine

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