Does the Kremlin want Alexei Navalny to die in prison?
It is beginning to look like it
VLADIMIR PUTIN may have hoped that locking up his main political opponent in a harsh penal colony would finally put him out of sight and out of mind. Instead, Alexei Navalny continues to torment the Russian president, exposing the cruelty and lies of his regime.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “House of the dead”
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The EU is worried about sensitive exports to competitors and foes
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Amid talk of a ceasefire, Ukraine’s front line is crumbling
An ominous defeat in the eastern town of Velyka Novosilka
The French government’s survival is now in Socialist hands
Moderates attempt to move away from the radicals