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Alexei Navalny leads Russians in a historic battle against arbitrary rule, with words echoing Catherine the Great

  • Written by Hilde Hoogenboom, Associate Professor of Russian, Arizona State University
Alexei Navalny leads Russians in a historic battle against arbitrary rule, with words echoing Catherine the GreatWomen form a human chain on Feb. 14 in central Moscow to support jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his wife Yulia Navalnaya and other political prisoners. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

Tens of thousands of young Russians are protesting the leadership of Vladimir Putin nationwide in freezing temperatures. Thousands have been arrested.

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