The release of Gershkovich and his fellow hostage highlights the way some authoritarian regimes have cynically used such people as pawns in geopolitical manoeuvres.
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Vladimir Putin faces token opposition in the polls this weekend after his regime has viciously cracked down on opposition figures. He’s likely to be even more repressive in his next term.
Most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents are either dead, in jail or in exile. But it might just be ordinary people who can take over the battle for democracy in Russia.
