Alexey Navalny: Russia’s anti-corruption crusader
Alexey Navalny, Russia’s leading anti-corruption crusader.
There’s a man you need to know about: Alexey Navalny, Russia’s leading anti-corruption crusader and a growing figure on Russia’s otherwise staid political scene. The trained lawyer, through his highly popular blog, has taken Russia’s anti-corruption crusade beyond words and into action – holding officials to account for corrupt tenders and government purchases.
Today, he gets treated to two must-read profiles: this massive opus in The New Yorker and a smaller one in The New York Times.
I’ve profiled him here and quoted him for this story for GlobalPost. His is a name you will be hearing more and more of, so best get acquainted with him now.
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