If Alexei Navalany is willing to fight against Putin, in a society where Putin’s authoritarianism is much advanced, then we in America who are the fortunate & blessed heirs of a democratic tradition (where authoritarianism is yet only nascent) have no justification for reluctance to join our own fight. We’ll find those we can support, from among…
Russia
Authoritarianism, Russia
Arrest of Moscow Activists on Russian Constitution Day for Reading Their Own Constitution
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Arrest of Moscow activists on Constitution Day for reading the Constitution. Video by Radio Svoboda. https://t.co/lO7bRzS9Cu — X Soviet (@XSovietNews) December 12, 2016 ?????????? ?????????? ? ?????? ?? ?????? "?????????? ???????????". https://t.co/NMPYtkieiN pic.twitter.com/l0SqGTFmip — ????? ??????? (@SvobodaRadio) December 12, 2016
Foreign Affairs, Russia, Sanctions
Our New Partner
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The Washington Post reports today on the the first fruits of Trump’s foreign policy direction: The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump have agreed in a phone call to work to improve U.S.-Russian relations. The Kremlin says that Putin expressed readiness to establish a “partner-like” dialogue with Trump’s administration…. The…