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Ukraine war: The Russia I knew no longer exists – Steve Rosenberg
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Driving along the Garden Ring, I pass a theatre which has erected on its façade a giant Latin letter Z – the symbol of Russia’s military operation. There’s another Z outside the headquarters of Russian Railways. I overtake a lorry that has a Z sticker on the side. In recent weeks Zs have been graffitied on the front doors of Kremlin critics.