The Observer view: A year on from his death, Alexei Navalny still shines bright in a dark land | Observer editorial
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Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:30:04 +0200

Principled, charismatic and humorous, the murdered Russian opposition leader was everything Vladimir Putin is notIt is exactly one year since Alexei Navalny, Russias bestknown opposition leader and anticorruption activist, was murdered in an Arctic penal colony by Vladimir Putins regime.
Countless other political opponents, critics and dissidents have been killed, jailed or exiled since Putin first became president 25 years ago.All vestiges of an open society, democratic accountability, independent media and free speech in Russia have been eviscerated in that time.
Accused of war crimes in Ukraine, which he invaded three years ago this month, Putin poses an undeniable threat to Europe and Britain as well as to his own people.
Yet this is the man with whom Donald Trump now wants to be friends.
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