The “first ladies” who inherited the fight against Putin

That’s what a journalist has in common Anna Politkovskaactivist Natalya Estemirova and agent Alexander Litvinenko? The first two investigations examined human rights violations during the Chechen war. The third fled to Reino Unido through the recognized route in the secret services to cope with the exposure of the dark affairs and plans that the Kremlin hoped for.

This is what happened with the supplier Prigozhin? ¿He went through with the lawyer Magnitsky? This happened to the opponent Boris Nemtsov? They all shared the same fate. They were all killed instantly, by chance, accident or chance, after denouncing the corruption of the court Vladimir Putinafter the investigation of military actions and abuses of the army, or after the criticism of the Tsar’s authoritarianism from the end of 1999.

He has a list of corpses Alexei Navalnylongtime favorite opponent: a democratic leader who has thousands of his countrymen on the streets to protest the regime in a country where speaking out against the leader pays dearly.

The fight against corruption claimed thousands of Russians, horrified by the rich life of KGB heirs in a country where every ten Russians lived in Letrina. What followed was simply impressive. For three years now, up to 5,000 people have been watching one of his movements of political repression on television all over the world and the Moscow calabose.

Putin is no longer confused with Navalny. First they envenenaron him. He survived. Luego locked it. He tolerated it. They ended up moving it to a center in the Arctic to know under what conditions. And he died on February 16 at the age of 47.

“Putin’s Defeat in Ukraine Opens Opportunity to Move to Russia”

Many people wonder what the time will be for democracy in Russia. The most popular opponents are in exile, in prison or dead. So what is the hope of liberating a solid land with a soldier’s fist? Who will risk repeating the fate of the martyrs?

Yulia Navalnaya toma el relevo Quiz with a contemporary Belarusian example Svetlana Tijanovskayawho is taking a step forward since the imprisonment of her husband by the dictator Lukashenko. O de Zhanna Netmsova, hija del asesinado Boris Nemtsov. Or de Evgenia Kara-Murzaexposed to inmates Vladimir Kara-Murza.

Putin is counting the days to resolve the March election farce and extend his mandate to 2030. Navalnaya will tend to decide whether to lead change from within, like her husband, or from without, like Tijanovskaya. There is some risk associated with each option and it will not be easy. But they were driven by the belief that Putin’s defeat in Ukraine would open an opportunity for transition, and by the belief that dreams of freedom are stronger than the bombs, bombs and melancholy of Siberia.