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Strongman regimes display weakness in Covid response

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Both leaders are now avoiding the Covid limelight. [AFP]

Posturing, repression and a distaste for facts: the world's strongman regimes have dealt with the Covid pandemic in much the same way they deal with everything else, analysts say.

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