go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my the washington post column this week. and let s get started. [ chanting ] putin out. that was the slogan at a protest in moscow in december of 2011. the bbc called it the biggest antigovernment rally there since the fall of the soviet union. prior to the rally, its organizer was a man living outside russian circles, a blogger named alexei navalny. he told reporters that russia was ripe for revolution, and putin s party was one of swindlers and thieves. over the next decade, he became known worldwide as a thorn in putin s side, always seemingly being arrested or
and let s get started. putin out. that was the slogan at a protest in moscow in december of 2011. the bbc called it the biggest anti-government there since the fall of the soviet union. prior to the rally, its organizer was a man living outside russian circles, a blogger named alexy novelny. he told reporters that russia was ripe for revolution, and putin s party was one of swindlers and thieves. he became known world wise as a thorn in putin s side, always being arrested or investigated or tried for one charge or another. charges novelny says were trumped up. but he agitated the elite as he
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