Russia’s most important opposition leader in a coma. A monstrous regime, behaving with impunity. Such a sad day for Russians. https://t.co/cTdPYZB32W
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 20, 2020
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is reportedly in intensive care after a suspected poisoning.
The Kremlin is not only working to subvert domestic critics, but to undermine the credibility of democracy abroad.
As Vladimir Putin positions himself to be Russia’s leader for life, undermining faith in democracy writ large is still very much in the Kremlin’s interest, argues Alina Polyakova, President and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and Adjunct Professor of European Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Most of Russia’s interference in 2016 aimed to amplify divisions around hot-button social issues such as race, immigration, and religion. These divisions have only deepened in the coronavirus era, providing even more ample opportunities to incite chaos, she writes for Foreign Affairs. RTWT
