President of Russia Volodymyr Putin is apparently not content to harass, persecute, smear, and poison opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who has mocked and embarrassed the Russian leader by exposing the regime’s corruption. Now, following Mr. Navalny’s cooked-up political trial, Mr. Putin’s minions have settled on a new tactic: trying to silence and pressure him psychologically.
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Washington Post: For Putin, it wasn’t enough to poison Navalny
A general view shows the penal colony N2, where Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to serve a two-and-a-half year prison term for violating parole, in the town of Pokrov on March 1, 2021.
