Russia dictatorship sees infighting violence as Putin control of local population is threatened

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Russian defense minister’s sacking suggests political infighting (+video)

The Christian Science Monitor

President Vladimir Putin dropped the hammer Tuesday on Russia’s first civilian defense minister, military reformer Anatoly Serdyukov, amid a burgeoning corruption scandal that appears to have implicated the minister and some of his top aides in a $100 million embezzlement scheme.