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By releasing the Russian assassin, Germany has made an irresponsible and unjustifiable mistake that undermines European security – a mistake, which the Putin regime will build upon and which will recoil on freedom and lives of many more people in the future (Photo: Anton Shekhovtsov)

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Berlin's capitulation in the Russia prisoner swap spells trouble ahead

In Russia, alongside honour amongst thieves, which guides parts of the Russian non-lethal underworld, there is also honour among murderers – an informal code of the Kremlin.

This code manifests itself in different ways. One way is demonstrative celebration of the Russians linked — by the media or authorities of other countries — to highly publicised killings. ...

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Anton Shekhovtsov is director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity in Vienna, visiting professor at the Central European University, and author of three books: New Radical Rightwing Parties in European Democracies (2011), Russia and the Western Far-Right: Tango Noir (2017), and Russian Political Warfare (2023).

By releasing the Russian assassin, Germany has made an irresponsible and unjustifiable mistake that undermines European security – a mistake, which the Putin regime will build upon and which will recoil on freedom and lives of many more people in the future (Photo: Anton Shekhovtsov)

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Author Bio

Anton Shekhovtsov is director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity in Vienna, visiting professor at the Central European University, and author of three books: New Radical Rightwing Parties in European Democracies (2011), Russia and the Western Far-Right: Tango Noir (2017), and Russian Political Warfare (2023).

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