Crackdown masks intra-elite divisions in Russia

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In this article

  • The crackdown
  • Bastrykin's agenda
  • Personal views
  • Establishing a role
  • Navalny as nemesis
  • Bridges burned
  • Intra-elite politics
  • Divisions over strategy
  • Institutional rivalries
  • Putin's waiting game

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