Blunt words as Russia beauty queen denounces Putin at contest contributing to democracy movement

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Russian beauty queen puts spotlight on Russia’s official corruption

The Christian Science Monitor

A Russian beauty queen garnered global headlines this week by standing by her impassioned denunciation of the endemic corruption that demoralizes society and saps the economic life of her homeland, made in an essay she’d written that was supposed to be about why she’s proud to be a Russian.