Putin’s Brezhnev Moment
Having failed to achieve a quick victory in Ukraine, the Russian president is embracing increasingly totalitarian tactics in an effort to suppress critical voices, just as Soviet leaders did before him. The recent court-ordered dissolution of the storied Moscow Helsinki Group is a case in point.
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NEW YORK – Late last month, a Russian court ordered the closure of the country’s oldest human rights organization. Founded in 1976, the Moscow Helsinki Group became the latest victim of an ongoing government crackdown on civil society that is eerily reminiscent of a similar effort by former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.