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The court jester of Putin’s Duma pioneered a xenophobic pugilism which was adopted by the Kremlin
Kremlin calculates that a field of eight candidates gives the impression of a genuine contest
While the president is expected to be re-elected, the March vote is prompting a debate about his future
The British prime minister’s visit should be seen as two post-imperial powers groping for some sort of modern relationship, says John Lloyd
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