The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been hounded, persecuted, beaten, poisoned and jailed for standing up to a thuggish autocracy that is well on its way to classic totalitarian rule. His crime? Peacefully using his fundamental human right of freedom of expression to challenge a regime held together by stormtroopers, violence and murder.
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Police officers detain a woman with a poster reading "Freedom for Alexei Navalny" during an anti-vaccination protest in Moscow on Aug. 14, 2021.
