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Estonian intelligence has noted Ukraine's successes in long-range strikes on Russia, which the Ukrainian authorities refer to as "long-range sanctions", and says Russia is tightening its grip on the population amid fears of growing public discontent.
Source: Colonel Ants Kiviselg, Head of the Intelligence Centre of the Estonian Defence Forces, during a briefing at Estonia's Ministry of Defence, as cited by Estonian public broadcaster ERR and reported by European Pravda
Details: Kiviselg noted that growing social tension in Russia, driven by problems that ordinary Russians have begun to experience, could influence September's elections to the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament.
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