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Putin’s wrath, Kamara’s trial, and tattoos after death

By France24
15 October 2022   |   5:24 pm
The papers are analysing how Saturday’s bombing of a bridge in Crimea is both a strategic and symbolic “slap in the face” for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.

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