What Putin's Largest Political Opponent, Alexei Navalny, Died Means For The Opposition Movement.
As President Vladimir Putin's most ardent opponent, Alexei Navalny led campaigns against government corruption and organized large-scale anti-Kremlin demonstrations. He passed away on Friday in the Arctic prison colony, where he was serving a 19-year term, according to Russia's jail administration. His age was 47.
Less than a month before an election that might extend Putin's six-year term in office, the shocking news of Navalny's passing shocked and infuriated the Kremlin chief, who has clamped down on domestic opposition. In many Russian cities, people placed flowers at memorials honoring those who lost their lives to political repression during the Soviet era. However, there was little apparent sign that Navalny's passing, which will be a severe blow to the opposition's disarray and hardship, would lead to widespread demonstrations.
Daniel Roher, the director of the 2022 documentary Navalny, and Regina Smyth, an Indiana University political science professor and author of "Elections, Protest, and Authoritarian Regime Stability: Russia 2008–2020," will be joining us to talk about this.
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