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By the numbers How Russia has changed in the last 10 years
Source: Meduza
In 2010, Vladimir Putin was Russia’s prime minister, its police force was called the “militsiya” instead of the “politsiya,” and government officials were promising widespread modernization. A lot has changed since then. We took a look at a few of those changes.
Sources: federal veterans’ legislation, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Internal Affairs Ministry, Rosstat, Central Bank, VTsIOM, Roskomsvoboda, the Sova Center
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