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The Green Man of Russia: Alexei Navalny

After several chemical attacks that left him partially blinded, opposition leader Alexei Navalny was unexpectedly given a passport on May 4 to allow him to seek medical treatment abroad. The Kremlin irritant had lost his travel privileges…

Russia, the G7/G8 and no looking back

The Russia of President Vladimir Putin will not seek re-admission into the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations just as the West will not invite it back. The other members of the former G8 expelled Moscow from the Group in 2014 (hence…