How Navalny's Return to Russia and Reinvigorated anti-Putin Politics
How Navalny's Return to Russia and Reinvigorated anti-Putin Politics Since 2011, Navalny has played a long game, challenging the regime through protest and elections and influencing the political agenda. That strategy is gaining traction among ordinary Russians. Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his team have stunned the Russian government again, forcing President Vladimir Putin and his allies to confront significant protest led by a foe they hoped to first sideline and, more recently, eliminate. The Kremlin discouraged Navalny from returning to Russia by revoking his probation o...