Russian President Vladimir Putin's approach to defectors has drawn comparisons to Stalin's tactics, with a focus on Russians who join the other side. Putin's actions reflect a preoccupation with Russian rebels in Ukraine and a campaign against defectors reminiscent of totalitarian predecessors. Critics suggest Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings, and harassment.
Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment https://t.co/nRnmg8qcSk
Since Putin's colonial invasion of Ukraine, "Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment." https://t.co/j3vD6iRsLb
Read @AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan on the Kremlin’s preoccupation with Ukraine-based Russian rebels—and how Putin’s response to Russian defectors reflects the paranoia of his twentieth-century predecessors. https://t.co/pL4OokAKiS
This here from @DAlperovitch is pretty insightful. I never quite understood our fascination with Putin's past as a "KGB agent" in Dresden etc, while ignoring the 1990s - Putin's real formative experience. https://t.co/GKJHCKsKMV
Putin’s campaign against defectors reflects the lasting impact of his totalitarian twentieth-century predecessors—especially Stalin, who sent assassins after the Russian volunteer troops fighting for the Germans, write @AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan. https://t.co/A5Py69JjXg
Russian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated a preoccupation with Russians who join the other side—and his open use and threat of assassination resembles Stalin’s approach to defectors, write @AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan. https://t.co/zrA8s7HBzu