Putin’s long hand on Interpol: “Instrumental in the hunt for dissidents”

Interpol as the longa manus of the Kremlin. For five years, NGOs and governments have begun to look with suspicion at Moscow’s activism in supporting the borderless police network, an interest so strong that it even led to the designation of a Russian candidate for president. More than the rediscovery of collaboration in the fight against crime, Putin has used the coordination of fugitive hunters to persecute his opponents everywhere.