MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin disparaged Russian dissidents in crude street language in an interview Monday and said they would keep getting beaten if they kept holding unauthorized rallies. AC = 1234 --> Putin has never shown much tolerance for dissent. For much of the past decade, when he was president, Russia cracked down on opposition leaders and increased government control of the media. Now as prime minister, Putin still wields tremendous influence over policy, despite the...
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