Timothy M. Frye contributed his thoughts to Good Authority on the legacy of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who, according to the Kremlin, died in a penal colony in the Russian Arctic on February 16, 2024.
Read MoreWithout any public opposition, the farcical “elections” proclaimed by the Kremlin for 2024 will be utterly devoid of meaning. Navalny’s death removes the final vestiges of any public opposition to Putin via the political system. The transition from a dictatorship of deceit to a dictatorship of fear is complete.
