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Proof: Behind his strongman image, Putin's world is shrinking

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-fda77d242deb.json prints fda77d242deb9716396b83c464cdf9399cba2b2d65e7f3e0ea968e029783ec62. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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