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

by Karol Luczka

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

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