Distinguished Writer in Residence Masha Gessen Interviews Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny on His Poisoning, Recovery, and Plans to Return to Russia
“In the last two years, the pressure has really ramped up. Our offices have been raided by law enforcement repeatedly. There have been a number of criminal prosecutions. They tried to crush our nationwide structure, which they perceive as the biggest threat to their power. We are the victims of our own success. They saw that the organization can’t be beaten down, so they decided to seek a final solution. They imagined that if they removed me from the organization, the organization would break. They were wrong,” Navalny tells Gessen in the New Yorker. “Of course I’m going back. If I don’t, that will be the ideal outcome for them. They’d love to have me as just another political émigré.”
Post Date: 10-21-2020
Post Date: 10-21-2020