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As war drags on, Russia's pro-war camp turns its anger on the Kremlin

In late June, Russian soldier Alexander Lunin took to Instagram an emotional appeal addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he threatened to organize a military coup. "The army will turn its weapons against the Kremlin," he said. In the video, which was watched 10 million times, the soldier turned blogger demanded a meeting with the Russian president to discuss what he claimed was systemic mistreatment of soldiers in the Russian army. Unsurprisingly, Lunin was detained soon aft

Who are Ukraine's new police and security chiefs, and what accusations do they face?

The acting heads of Ukraine's National Police and Security Service (SBU), who were appointed late on July 17, have been embroiled in controversy. President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleksandr Poklad, former senior deputy of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), as acting head in a decree issued July 17, as the Cabinet of Ministers tapped Maksym Tsutskiridze as temporary head of Ukraine's National Police. Poklad was appointed after President Zelensky reassigned his predecessor to the Defense Min

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