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Aleksei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most formidable opponent, has died in suspicious circumstances at an Arctic prison at the age of 47. His body has not yet been buried but his legacy is beginning to unfold, with his defiant widow taking up the mantle of his anti-Kremlin activism.
Familiar narratives and a ‘largely fictional’ version of history were on display once again in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson. There were also some moments that shed additional light on his motives in the invasion of Ukraine and other matters.
An anti-war candidate is barred from the presidential ballot, and two detailed reports shed grim new light on the fate and future of Mariupol the devastated port city where Russia is seeking to “erase Ukrainian culture.”