Desperate Putin Launches Crackdown as He Loses Grip on Power

Contributor / Getty Images Vladimir Putin is increasingly leaning on the FSB to run the country. Sources close to the Kremlin revealed that the 73-year-old president is tasking his security service with keeping control of the nation as the war in Ukraine goes from bad to worse. The move has sparked unease among Russia’s elite and middle classes, with the possibility of heightened oppression appearing more and more plausible. Read more at The Daily Beast.