alexei navalny

The people who let Putin get away with persecuting Navalny Like Trump, Putin is all about the money. But unlike Trump, Putin isn't an incompetent boob. He gets away with this because the West is more than willing to do business with him.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok nerve agent, German government says https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54002880 Makes it quite difficult to claim it was not the Russian government.

In a surprise move, the Duma has proposed a mechanism to re-set Vlad's presidency to zero, allowing him another 16 years at the top, if he wants it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/vladimir-putin-amendment-power-russia-2024 Putin has reluctantly decided he will have a go, if the...