Carnegie Moscow
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What would a war with Ukraine mean for ordinary Russians?
Considering that a war with Ukraine would foster political dissatisfaction even among the part of the population
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Oligarch sent thousands of employees 'stand-by' to Moscow for election rally
Although United Russia easily won the elections, there was nervousness at the Kremlin. On election day Putin's favoured oligarch Oleg Deripaska of aluminium giant Rusal sent 11,000 participants to Moscow for a posh conference on family values and geopolitics. They were told that, if necessary, they would be summoned to a large scale political rally in support of the regime.by Pjotr Sauer and Jake Cordell