June 9, 2021 Share Russian dissidents are urging the West to take tougher action against President Vladimir Putin, saying it is in the West’s own self-interest to adopt a more decisive strategy against the Kremlin or pay a higher price later. In the run-up to this week’s G7 summit in Cornwall, England, and ahead of next week’s scheduled June 16 meeting in Geneva between President Joe Biden and Putin, opponents of the Russian leader are stepping up their entreaties for a more forward-leaning Western strategy to punish the Kremlin for intensifying a crackdown on dissent in Russia ...