Many assume Vladimir Putin’s obsessive attention to the defense of Russia’s borders is rooted in the loss of Moscow’s control over the former union republics and occupied Baltic countries in 1991, Pavel Luzin says. But while that matters, in fact, Putin has become especially nervous about it since his occupation and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.
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People hold banners and signs during an unauthorised rally in support of Sergei Furgal, the governor of the Khabarovsk region who was arrested, in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on July 25, 2020.
