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How much of a challenge does Alexey Navalny pose to the Russian leader?
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Examined: How Putin keeps power
A look at how Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains control over the country and critics like Alexey Navalny.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images, FILE
It was challenge watched by the world as Navalny having survived a nerve agent poisoning months earlier flew into Moscow.
The Kremlin’s response has been blunt. Navalny was swiftly sentenced to over 2 1/2 years in prison in a trial condemned internationally as being politically motivated. The unusually large protests in Russia that followed Navalny’s imprisonment were swiftly and robustly suppressed, as authorities deployed police on an unprecedented scale. Thousands were detained and hundreds then fined or given short prison sentences. Police targeted Navalny’s allies with a barrage of raids and new criminal prosecutions, pu
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