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Read all our coverage of Donald Trump’s indictment.
Jill Dougherty
Jill Dougherty is a public-policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and the former Moscow bureau chief for CNN.
Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
How the Media Became One of Putin’s Most Powerful Weapons
After decades of wielding Soviet-style hard power, Russia is developing a subtler form of influence.
Jill Dougherty
April 21, 2015