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[Link] Hundreds of Wagner Men Vanish From Putin’s Designated Exile

Read: 22/8/2023 www.thedailybeast.com

Wagner fighters are reportedly leaving Belarus in droves, just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin had them exiled in the aftermath of their failed march on Moscow.

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[Link] Vladimir Putin Explains Why State Media Is Better Than Wikipedia

Read: 6/5/2022 www.vice.com

“Of course, objective, important, in-depth information that’s been gathered properly and skillfully…this is in great demand,” Putin said, according to a translation of the video by journalist Kevin Rothrock. “And that’s why you can’t just use Wikipedia.

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[Link] How Russia Used the War in Ukraine to ‘Occupy’ Another Neighbouring Country

Read: 16/3/2022 www.vice.com

The Belarusian dictator’s complicity in letting his country be used by Russia to attack Ukraine has effectively turned Belarus into a Russian client state and amounts to an occupation, the country’s opposition says.

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