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The Dark Past of Putin’s Media Chief

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Mikhail Lesin, the Putin aide just found dead in a hotel in Washington, D.C., was the first to propose Russian state control of the Internet.

Andrei Soldatov
Irina Borogan
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Andrei Soldatov

Andrei Soldatov

Irina Borogan

Irina Borogan

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