Exiled Russian journalists detail FSB pressure, paint Putin as 'limitlessly cruel'

Two prominent Russian journalists, Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin, who fled in 2021 after FSB raids, publish a book portraying Putin as capable of 'limitless cruelty' and detailing the Kremlin's systematic suppression of independent media. The account corroborates known patterns of state coercion against journalists, though its impact is primarily narrative and reputational rather than a new development. It underscores the ongoing erosion of press freedom in Russia and the personal costs of dissent.