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Putin is sweeping ‘Black August’ under the rug
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August 24, 2026
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1:32Now PlayingOver the past few decades, “Black August,” or “the August curse,” has become a sort of journalistic shorthand in Russia for dramatic crises that seem to happen in the last weeks of summer. The past summer in Russia has also been shaping up as a bleak season for Putin’s Russia. CNN’s Sebastian Shukla reports.
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