The comments came 19 days after the death of Putin's highest-profile domestic rival, Alexey Navalny. Navalny died in prison, and Russian elections are widely regarded as anything but free and fair.
On Oct. 16, the Dickey Center for International Understanding hosted three Russian dissidents — Vladimir Kara-Murza, Evgenia Kara-Murza and Tikhon Dzyadko — for an event titled, “Dissidence and ...
Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin speaks during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. Yashin was freed by Russia earlier this month. The ...
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Now, Russian politics and the price for those who dare challenge Putin’s regime. In April 2022, soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the opposition ...
This year, the Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum was awarded the German Book Trade’s Peace Prize for her “indispensable contribution to the preservation of democracy.” Applebaum is the author of ...