https://www.svoboda.org/a/29437845.html
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/16Aug2018/nytimes/extremism.html
As the number of Russian teenagers arrested on extremism charges rises significantly, parents and others accuse the government of silencing dissent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/world/europe/russia-online-extremism-teenagers.html
In the last few months, rising public frustrations over domestic policy and a government proposal to weaken the social safety net have led to a sharp decline in Vladimir Putin’s popularity.
https://www.svoboda.org/a/29435047.html
https://lenta.ru/articles/2018/08/16/motherhoodismagic/
https://ru.krymr.com/a/krymskaya-aktivistka-o-repressiyah-v-krymu/29433249.html
https://www.mk.ru/politics/2018/08/14/mozhet-li-prezident-rossii-ostanovit-repressii.html
Российский президент, как и Дональд Трамп, зарабатывает очки на конфронтации, а санкции только улучшают его положение.
https://inosmi.ru/politic/20180810/242960992.html
SOVIET SQUARE in Voronezh no longer looks especially Soviet. Children dart through a dancing fountain. BMX bikers barrel across new tiles. Grassy groves play home to picnicking teens. “It’s practically Spain,” gushes a pensioner.