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MOSCOW — A screeching power tool sliced through Alexei Navalny’s office door on Dec. 26, and a burly, masked Special Operations forces officer burst in, followed by another, and another — at least 20 in all. Within a minute, they dragged the Russian opposition leader out as he vainly grabbed for the door frame.

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