Vladimir Putin's Progression March Toward Moscow

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The march occurs after Putin has already denounced Pragoshan as a traitor. I would also imagine he wondered why his army was not doing more to prevent these people from moving north. Even in its current state of disarray, the Russian military and security services could have dealt with what is really a relatively small force did Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

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This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Hady Mawajdeh with help from Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Cristian Ayala, and hosted by Noel King.

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