From Russian nationalist agitator to darling of Western liberals: Who was Alexey Navalny?

From Russian nationalist agitator to darling of Western liberals: Who was Alexey Navalny?

Alexey Navalny collapsed and died on Friday, in a prison colony north of the Arctic circle where he was serving a 19-year sentence under Russian laws on “extremist activities.” He was 47. In the West, the Kremlin critic was heralded as the Russian “opposition leader.” In Ukraine, he was denounced as a Russian nationalist. At…

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