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Vladimir Putin Is Gaining in His Fight to Divide Europe

An opposition rally against a draft foreign agent bill outside parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 12.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

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It’s an important week for Kremlin efforts to restore Russia’s influence over its former Soviet backyard.