Rupert Murdoch's new Russian-born fiancée brings him closer to Putin's orbit

Nina L. Khrushcheva is a professor of international affairs at The New School and the co-author of In Putin's Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones. Russia has little trouble making headlines, and March was no exception. First, tens of thousands of Russians turned out to mourn opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal colony last month. Then, many Russians lined up to vote against Vladimir Putin in the recent presidential election in a co-ordinated protest, so that no one could mistake for the truth the Kremlin's inevitable declaration that Mr….