Russians — and longtime Russia watchers — have grown accustomed to political repression campaigns the government of Vladimir Putin has regularly launched over the past 20 years. But the situation in 2021, in the lead-up to parliamentary elections on September 19, appears quite different.
Alexei Navalny
Washington Post: Russia’s latest crackdown on dissent is much more sweeping than ever before
A Russian riot police officer patrols near a police bus with an advertising photo reflecting on a window during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 21, 2021.
