In Moscow's Shadows 9: Thrones of Bayonets (and hacking coronavirus research)
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There is more to Putin's regime than his capacity to threaten and unleash violence - but this is a crucial element, and as his legitimacy wanes, this may come to the fore. Thrones of bayonets are uncomfortable, though, and so today I consider the mood of the police and other security forces, and what scope the opposition may have in wooing, or at least neutralising them.
In a short second part, I explain why I think the claims of hacking British and others' coronavirus research sounds wholly plausible.
My article on the Khabarovsk protests in Raam op Rusland is here, and the Riddle article on military voting is here. Gallyamov's Ekho Moskvy commentary is here.
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