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The Anxiety of Putin's Absence in Russia
There was a lot of tension that people were bracing themselves for potential bloodshed. Pragosian has apparently been sent to Belarus, but there are no details on what his status is inside the country. Do you see anything in terms of troop movements or announcements that would suggest a kind of crackdown has begun? No, I mean, not at this point. In fact, it's eerily quiet. Tomorrow has been declared a holiday in Moscow as well, a non-working day, as they call it here.