Navalny’s Death: What Does It Mean? – OpEd

Alexei Navalny, a famous Russian politician, could have chosen to live in exile, like the businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky or Leon Trotsky before him. But Navalny chose his own path, which was tragically interrupted last week by Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

On the day of Navalny’s death, Putin spoke on state TV. He seemed...