The death of Alexei Navalny in Siberia should be a reminder to the democracies of the world. Not all countries play nice. Some – like Putin’s Russia – play very nasty indeed. And while we in democracies should of course keep to our own standards we should not be capable of being outflanked or outsmarted by the world’s despotisms and tyrannies.
The New York Times media outlet has reported that German government officials are concerned about negative consequences for NATO in the event of Donald Trump being elected President again, or Russia winning in Ukraine.
UK Intelligence has analysed Russia's sentencing of Igor Girkin, a terrorist and a former FSB officer, who has been recently convicted to four years in prison for "publicly inciting extremist activity".