Vladimir Putin moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March.
Russia on Friday opened a case for extremism against former separatist commander and nationalist military blogger Igor Girkin, a hawkish commentator who criticised Russia's leadership.Strelkov denounced Prigozhin's muntiny but kept on criticising the incompetence of Russia's conventional military commanders.
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