Russian opposition leader and husband of Yulia Navalnaya. According to his widow, Navalny understood Vladimir Putin "from the very start", grasping where Mr Putin was leading Russia well before it became obvious to Western observers by the early 2010s. Mrs Navalnaya described him as possessing sharp political instincts that few others shared.
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