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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to crush anybody who tries to divide Russian society as he hailed the effectiveness and unwavering loyalty of his country's powerful law enforcement agencies.Putin has escalated a decades-long crackdown on civil society, independent media and opposition amid his military offensive in Ukraine, with dissent and criticism of the Kremlin outlawed and punishable by years-long prison sentences."Those who try to intimidate people, to split our society, to play on religious or national feelings will never succeed," Putin said in a video message posted by the Kremlin."Inevitable and just retribution awaits them," he added.Russia regularly uses such language to describe those who oppose the Kremlin, including domestic critics who Moscow pain...

An eye emergency led historian Josephine Quinn to ponder over what she wanted to say in her next book. “I thought what if I lose my vision... and decided to summarise my learning from teaching history for two decades.” How the World Made the West is an ambitious book, which moves away from a narrative focused solely on the Greeks and Romans, to conclude that their histories are rooted in other places and even older peoples. On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival, Quinn explained why connections, not civilisations, drive historical change. Edited excerpts: Statue of ancient Greek philosopher Plato in Athens. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Why are you convinced that a narrative of the past focussed only on the Greeks and Romans impoverishes an understanding of the wo...

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Putin vows ‘retribution’ against those trying to ‘divide’ Russia – Times of India

‘There’s no pure European culture,’ says Josephine Quinn, author of How the World Made the West