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POLITICS● ELEVATEDSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 2:30 AM

How Russia became the 'FSB state': 'They were given the country'

Le Monde [en] · eastern europe

'The Putin System' (2/3). Russia's next elections, from September 18 to 20, are set to have no real stakes in a country silenced by the Federal Security Service, whose powers have continued to grow unchecked since the invasion of Ukraine.

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