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In the first half of 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to be coasting toward a presidency-for-life. But according to CNN, what followed instead was Putin's most challenging year to date. Putin's political durability is often attributed to a simple bargain between him and his citizens. At its essence, it is to accept limited political competition in exchange for stability and steady increases in the standard of living. But in the face of the government's ability to control the coronavirus pandemic, that deal has begun to unravel. In August, protests in Belarus frayed the deal's edges. And the August poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny came close to ripping it up completely.
One of the three GAZ-21 'Volga' cars produced in a limited series to honour of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s birthday is to go up for sale for 21 million roubles (€290,000, $337,000) in Saint Petersburg.
Supporters of Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny take to the streets across the country on President Vladimir Putin's birthday to protest against his nearly two-decade rule. IMAGES of protest in Moscow
Supporters of Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny take to the streets across the country on President Vladimir Putin's birthday to protest against his nearly two-decade rule. IMAGES of protest in Moscow
Speaking in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian Minister of Sports Vitali Mutko commented on the World Anti-Doping Agency's report which alleges to have uncovered state-sponsored doping programmes for Russian athletes at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He slammed WADA, saying that it became a "punitive organisation" and it "places itself above the movement: it dictates the rules, it extends the lists and includes an endless amount of medication into the lists, it doesn't care about athletes, about their health".
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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