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For autocrats like Vladimir Putin, ruthless repression is often a winning way to stay in power

  • Written by Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
For autocrats like Vladimir Putin, ruthless repression is often a winning way to stay in powerRussian police officers beat people protesting the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Jan. 23, 2021 in Moscow.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, sick with a cough and fever, has been moved to the hospital ward of the remote penal colony where he is imprisoned.

Navalny landed in prison after legal troubles that...

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