Gudkovs, bad cops
How two prominent opponents of Vladimir Putin are being harassed
AT FIRST glance, Gennady Gudkov does not look like an anti-Putin protester. He is 55, with an imposing frame and a thick moustache. In Soviet days he was a KGB lieutenant-colonel. For nearly a decade, he has been a deputy in Russia's Duma, not known for being an obstreperous institution.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Gudkovs, bad cops”
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