Russia

Putin’s Next Scheme to Solidify Power on Stolen Ukraine Land

UNDER PRESSURE

Russia is synchronizing voting in occupied territories with efforts to suppress Ukrainian resistance and to run intimidation schemes to force votes in favor of the Kremlin.

Shannon Vavra
Shannon Vavra 

National Security Reporter

A photo illustration of Russian President Vladimir Putin and election ballots.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty
Shannon Vavra

Shannon Vavra

National Security Reporter

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