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Kagarlitsky: My Most Recent Stay in Prison

Boris Kagarlitsky Russian Dissent
I was arrested for a video I published on YouTube, including a joke about the Crimean bridge. It was probably a poor joke, but hardly sufficient grounds for arrest. Unfortunately, Leviathan has no sense of humor. I spent four months in a prison cell.

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Ukraine, Israel and the Two Joe Bidens

Matthew Duss The New Republic
In Ukraine, Biden has spent two years articulating a stirring argument for a rules-based order. In Israel, he set about burning that argument to the ground. Is a morally consistent foreign policy possible?

Oleg Orlov Addresses a Russian Court

Oleg Orlov Meduza
"Thirty years down the line, we’re back in 1984," says civil liberties advocate Oleg Orlov, addressing a Russian court at the conclusion of his trial
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