Russia's newest anti-NGO law, under which the National Endowment for Democracy on July 28 was declared an "undesirable organization" prohibited from operating in Russia, is the latest evidence that the regime of President Vladimir Putin faces a worsening crisis of political legitimacy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony marking Navy Day in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region on July 26.
