“I want to live in a normal country and refuse to accept any talk about Russia being doomed to being a bad, poor or servile country,” Alexei Navalny said in an interview.
Navalny
Russia’s Nuclear Industry Tries To Dispel Fears Over Mysterious Radioactive Cloud
“What’s happening with the ruthenium cloud reminds me a lot of what went on with Chernobyl. The pattern of behavior is exactly the same.”
In Moscow’s Local Elections, Opponents Of Putin Find A Glimmer Of Hope
“There’s a huge demand among young people to go into politics, and there’s an understanding of how to do it.”
Far From Moscow, Thousands Turn Out To Protest Putin In Siberia’s Capital
“I believed that Putin would make things better,” Galina Vorivoda, 62, said. “But it didn’t work out. He made things better only for a few people.”
Banned From Russian TV, A Putin Critic Gets His Message Out On YouTube
Navalny at 20:18 is part-Jon Stewart in its righteous skewering of the powers that be, but also part-Vladimir Putin in its know-it-all approach to that which ails Russia.
What Russia’s Protests Mean For Putin’s Opposition
If Alexei Navalny was one of many opposition figures during the winter of 2011-2012, Sunday’s protests have established him as today’s undisputed leader.
Vladimir Putin Picks Turkey Over US as the Enemy in Annual Q&A
In a world of fake news and imitation politics, nobody knows what Russians really think of Putin — or how deep their loyalty lies.
Vladimir Putin Targets Turkey First, Terror Second in State-of-Russia Speech
Putin’s speech was an exercise in self-hypnosis by an autocracy incapable of rejuvenating itself.
Navalny Is a Thorn in Putin’s Side, But Silencing Him Won’t Be Easy
Navalny’s biggest challenge now is to prove that he’s a national leader who can speak to Russians beyond the cities with a substantial middle class.
Winning by Losing
“I’m trying to understand: is this a demonstration of victory or defeat?” Alexei Navalny asked. The crowd gave him a resounding answer. In recent years, the words “Russian opposition leader” connoted “loser.” No longer.
