Professor Regina Smyth contributes to The Conversation on How Alexei Navalny revolutionized opposition politics in Russia, before his apparent poisoning.
The harrowing videos of Alexei Navalny, a blogger who has captured popular frustration in Russia, screaming in agony on Aug. 20, 2020 before being removed unconscious from a plane to a waiting ambulance, demonstrate the Kremlin’s increasing reliance on coercion to control dissent.
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