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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Vladimir Putin faces token opposition in the polls this weekend after his regime has viciously cracked down on opposition figures. He’s likely to be even more repressive in his next term.
A West Point professor of Russian politics and foreign policy looks at the future of Russia without Putin.
While Putin is all but guaranteed to win, war fatigue, electoral engineering and extreme risk-aversion suggest that the Kremlin is anxious to get these elections over and done with.
In Russia, individual sacrifice is an integral part of the national psyche.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents are either dead, in jail or in exile. But it might just be ordinary people who can take over the battle for democracy in Russia.
Some claim that Alexei Navalny was killed by a single blow to the heart. But is this feasible?
Donald Trump says he’s being politically persecuted, like Russian democracy martyr Alexei Navalny, who died while in a Russian prison on Feb. 16. A scholar says there’s no comparison between the men.
Alexei Navalny’s successors — not western leaders — are best placed to carry on the fight for Russia’s future. But they’ll only succeed if Navalny’s cause isn’t seen as anchored to western ideals.
One of the main minds behind sanctions on Russia, Russian economist and political refugee Sergei Guriev is adamant about their restraining power on the Kremlin.
Like Nelson Mandela, Navalny might have become a redemptive leader, leading his people from war and tyranny to the promised of a freer society.
Alexei Navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in prison, authorities said.
The opposition leader was poisoned and sent to a brutal prison camp where he is reported to have died.
Navalny survived poisoning only to be arrested and sentenced to more than 30 years in jail. Now he has disappeared.
The lesson in the presumed death of the mercenary leader two months after his mutiny against Putin: Don’t make yourself an enemy of Russia’s leader.
Opposing the Russian president appears as dangerous in today’s Russia as back in the days of the Stalin purges and show trials.
These new sanctions target individuals and entities rather than whole countries, in the hope of punishing the true perpetrators and avoiding the incidental suffering of innocent people.
A new CNN documentary about jailed opposition figurehead Aleksei Navalny offers insights into Putin’s challengers.
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Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Russian Politics, UCL
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, University of Bath
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Lecturer in Journalism and Digital Media, Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield
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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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Associate professor of public law, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor, Centre for Research into Topical Drug Delivery and Toxicology, University of Hertfordshire
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Associate Professor of International Relations and National Security Studies and Graduate Program Director for National Security Studies, Park University
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