Kremlin Rival Says He's Ready to Take On Russia's Putin

With all the attention on this year's American presidential elections, one could be forgiven for failing to notice: The race for the Kremlin in 2018 is now on. In a video message released online this month, Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption crusader and relentless Kremlin critic, announced he would compete to succeed Vladimir Putin, whose term as president ends in less than two years. "There have been no true elections in Russia since 1996," said Navalny in announcing...

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