[HIGHLIGHTS] Russia Under Vladimir Putin: How the Dictator Controls the Russians Despite the War Against Ukraine and the Death of Navalny

Most people in the country seem to be accepting the war against Ukraine as well as the death of opposition activist Alexei Navalny. Most people have simply surrendered to those in power – and that doesn't mean that they are doing badly, writes Frida Ghitis.

The first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, placed a fragile democracy in Putin's hands 24 years ago, she says. And Putin has turned it into an autocracy that strikes ever more brutally, Ghitis adds..