The word dissent has appeared in 712 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 25 in “How Zelensky Tamed Ukraine’s Fractious Politics and Stood Up to Putin” by Andrew E. Kramer:

Perhaps the most controversial move Mr. Zelensky made was to combine the six television newsrooms into one channel with a single report. Omitted from the group was the main opposition television station, Channel 5, affiliated with Mr. Poroshenko.

Mr. Zelensky positioned the move as necessary for national security. Opponents viewed it as a troubling instance of the government suppressing dissent.

“I do hope that wisdom will prevail, and the intention is not to use this to keep political competitors down,” said Volodymyr Ariev, a member in Mr. Poroshenko’s Solidarity political party.

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