Tagged: Alexei Navalny

Putin’s Anti-Navalny Law

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On June 4, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a law banning “individuals designated as ‘extremists’ from running for public office.” There is little doubt that the legislation is aimed primarily at opposition leader Alexei Navalny, now...

Alexei Navalny: “Prepared to Lose Everything”

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The near-murder of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny last August, his return to Moscow in January, and the resultant protests attended by tens of thousands in more than a hundred Russian cities raise the question...