After fleeing Russia, Putin critic Gudkov decries 'dictatorship'

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is morphing into a “dictatorship” intent on punishing and sidelining critics ahead of parliamentary elections, says Dmitry Gudkov, an opposition figure who recently fled to Ukraine. The 41-year-old former lawmaker unexpectedly announced on social media Sunday that he had crossed Russia’s borders and was headed for Kiev to shield his family from […]