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A decade after the demise of the Soviet Union, Russia still struggled to define the limits of free expression. Nowhere was the struggle more intense than in the media. President Vladimir Putin's administration was either directly involved in or held responsible for a broad range of abuses, including the selective use of tax audits, prosecutions,…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260