by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny’s campaign coordinator in Kaliningrad, Yegor Chernyuk, was sentenced to 10 days in prison today in connection with his participation in the rally for an election boycott on January 28. Chernyuk and his deputy coordinator, Oleg Alexeyev, were detained yesterday after a search at […]
by Sarah Hurst Five supporters of Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg were given jail sentences today, ostensibly for “violations” during the protest against Vladimir Putin’s rigged re-election on January 28. Alexander Mironov was jailed for 15 days, Yekaterina Shlikhta, Ilya Gantvarg and Viktor Cherkassky for 10 days, and […]
by Sarah Hurst Vladimir Putin demonstrated to Russians yesterday that he is the leader of the world’s most important superpower, making a surprise visit to Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and then seeing his ruthless counterparts Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey. As Donald […]
Navalny vs. Putin 