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'Severely restricted': Russia's Saint Petersburg faces cultural crackdown

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Young women wearing masks of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin attend a street musicians' concert in the center of Saint Petersburg on October 27, 2025. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)
Young women wearing masks of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin attend a street musicians' concert in the center of Saint Petersburg on October 27, 2025. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)
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