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TheBlackAdder

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Sat Feb 26, 2022, 12:14 PM Feb 2022

This is an interesting US Senate read from 2018. (Minority Staff Report on Putin, Russia & Nat.Sec.)

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Excerpt. Since it's a government document I don't think the 3-4 paragraph rule applies, but just to be safe:

115th Congress} { S. Prt.
2nd Session } COMMITTEE PRINT { 115-21

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PUTIN'S ASYMMETRIC ASSAULT

ON DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA AND

EUROPE: IMPLICATIONS FOR

U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY


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A MINORITY STAFF REPORT

PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

Second Session

January 10, 2018


https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-115SPRT28110/html/CPRT-115SPRT28110.htm


It's around 200 pages, and this is just the start of the Index:

Chapter 1: Putin's Rise and Motivations.......................... 7
Ascent to the Top............................................ 8
Return of the Security Services.............................. 10
The Kremlin's Paranoid Pathology............................. 13

Chapter 2: Manipulation and Repression Inside Russia............. 15
Influencing Ideology, Politics, and Culture.................. 17
Controlling the Public Narrative............................. 24
Corrupting Economic Activity................................. 31



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