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Russia’s arbitrary cruelty must inform any peace deal
Friday’s 16-year sentence for Evan Gershkovich, a 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia last year on bogus espionage charges, reveals a basic fact about contemporary Russia: Unless dissuaded by force, the Kremlin never shies away from …