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Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine and threats to Europe: ‘The peaceful sleep is over’

A sense of calm runs through Russia despite the fact that these are dangerous months. The hopes the Kremlin had placed on U.S. President Donald Trump handing Ukraine to it on a platter have faded; the war is a drain on Russia with no strategic victories, and security forces are tightening their control over the state just months before legislative elections that are shaping up as a plebiscite on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Presidential Council for the State Policy to Promote the Russian Language and the Languages of the Peoples of Russia, Tuesday in Moscow, Russia.
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