Politics● ElevatedSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 2:30 AM
How Russia became the 'FSB state': 'They were given the country'
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en] · Eastern Europe
'The Putin System' (2/3). Russia's next elections, from September 18 to 20, are set to have no real stakes in a country silenced by the Federal Security Service, whose powers have continued to grow unchecked since the invasion of Ukraine.
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