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Russia’s New Political Momentum
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Russia’s New Political Momentum

  • February 10, 2021
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
(AIIA) Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia on 17 January 2021, his immediate arrest at the border, and a court verdict sentencing him to two years and eight months in jail started…
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Petrov: Navalny has ruined Putin’s gambit

  • February 7, 2021
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(Wall Street Journal) MOSCOW—The jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last month galvanized the biggest popular protests in Russia in nearly a decade, as his supporters were joined across the country…
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Kurilla: No preparations for a foreign intervention, but prior operations largely began after the acute phase of home unrest was over

  • February 4, 2021
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(U.S. News & World Report) The top U.S. military official for Europe on Wednesday expressed concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attempt to spur another crisis abroad as a way to…
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Greene: The Kremlin has come to the conclusion that coercion is a better strategy than persuasion

  • February 4, 2021
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(Slate) “This is not a sentence against him, but against all of us.” That’s how Ilya Klishin, a prominent Russian former journalist, described a Moscow court’s ruling yesterday sentencing opposition leader Alexei Navalny to…
PONARS Eurasia Scholars on Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia
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PONARS Eurasia Scholars on Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia

  • February 1, 2021
  • Joshua Tucker
(Washington Post) On Jan. 17, Alexei Navalny, perhaps the best-known domestic critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, returned to Russia in dramatic fashion after recovering in Germany from what he claims was deliberate poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok, allegedly by agents of the…
Navalny returns to Russia and brings anti-Putin politics with him
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Navalny returns to Russia and brings anti-Putin politics with him

  • February 1, 2021
  • Regina Smyth
(The Conversation) Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his team have stunned the Russian government again, forcing President Vladimir Putin and his allies to confront significant protest led by a foe…
Dueling for the Soul of Russia
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Dueling for the Soul of Russia

  • January 28, 2021
  • Peter Rutland
(Transitions) Alexei Navalny’s return to Moscow on 17 January is a pivotal moment in Russian history. His decision to go home after five months recuperating in Berlin was an act of…
As Anger at Ruling Regime Boils Over, Putin Strikes Hard Against Dissent
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As Anger at Ruling Regime Boils Over, Putin Strikes Hard Against Dissent

  • January 28, 2021
  • Nikolay Petrov
(Moscow Times) Many now consider “Putin’s Palace” — that jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny exposed in a YouTube video that has garnered more than 80 million views in a matter of…
Putin’s new war on the opposition suggests he sees it as a real threat
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Putin’s new war on the opposition suggests he sees it as a real threat

  • January 28, 2021
  • Graeme Robertson
(Washington Post) Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader who returned to Russia last week after recovering in Berlin from an attempt on his life involving a military nerve agent, presented Russian President…
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Gel’man: After the mass anti-government protests in 2011 and 2012, the Kremlin turned carnivorous

  • January 27, 2021
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(Washington Post) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has started to rely more on repression as a central tool, culminating in the arrest of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny and Saturday’s crackdown on protesters. It’s not unusual for autocratic…
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