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This country houses a “people’s movement” named for a “Cyber Front” that developed African grassroots media campaigns like PARADE and GPCI. A popular protest slogan from this country expresses opposition to a species of fish, playing on the similarity between its name and a word for war. The Dossier Center reports on criminal activities surrounding this country’s elite and gossip about its leader’s secret (*) sons with a former gymnast. (10[1])Two Slovenian (10[2])children learned they were citizens of this country while on a plane as part of a prisoner exchange (10[1])involving American Marine Paul Whelan. A former caterer-turned-mercenary died in a mysterious plane crash in this country (10[1])while leading (10[1])a Wagner Group mutiny. For 10 points, name this country that annexed Crimea in 2014. ■END■

ANSWER: Russia [or Russian Federation or Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossiya]
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