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Is the Russian Opposition’s ‘Paris Hilton’ Really the Kremlin’s ‘Kim Kardashian’?

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Ksenia Sobchak has announced she’s a candidate for president in next year’s Russian elections. Maybe she’s serious, but mainly she’s a distraction, and Putin will benefit.

TV presenter, editor-in-chief of Russian L'Officiel magazine Ksenia Sobchak on the television channel "Rain" on October 18, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.
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