[From the data below:] Cases of "extremism" under Putin vs. cases of "anti-Sovietism" under Khrushchev and Brezhnev


Khrushchev (1956-1961)
4,883
Khrushchev (1962-1967)
1,016
Brezhnev (1968-1973)
1,057
Brezhnev (1974-1979)
519
Brezhnev (1980-1985)
642
Putin (2018-2023)
5,613


--From a
long, detailed article by Robyn Dixon in The Washington Post (May 6), "Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West," worth reading in full.

Also in the article, this illustration:

A hearing on the court case of leftist sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, who was accused of promoting “terrorism,” in Moscow in November. (Evgeniy Razumniy/Kommersant/Sipa USA/AP)

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