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 ok\n\nNavalny makes sense of this divisive character\, revealing the contra
 dictions of a man who is the second most important political figure in Russ
 ia—even when behind bars. In order to understand modern Russia\, you need t
 o understand Alexei Navalny.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nMorvan Lallouet is a PhD candi
 date in comparative politics at the University of Kent (Canterbury\, UK). H
 e is currently writing a thesis on Navalny\, liberalism and the Russian opp
 osition. \n\nBen Noble is Associate Professor in Russian Politics at Univer
 sity College London\, an Associate Fellow of Chatham House\, and a Senior R
 esearch Fellow at the Higher School of Economics\, Moscow. He conducts rese
 arch on legislative politics\, authoritarianism\, and Russian domestic poli
 tics. He has published work in journals such as Comparative Political Studi
 es\, Russian Politics\, and the Journal of European Public Policy. \n\n \n\
 nNavalny is available to purchase (outside of the US) with a 25% off discou
 nt with code "NAVALNY25" at https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/navalny/\n
 \nNavalny is available to purchase (in the US) with a 30% off discount with
  code "ADISTA5" at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/navalny-97801976
 11708?cc=us&lang=en&\n\n \n\nA session of the Focus on Russia Lecture Serie
 s co-chaired by Elizabeth Wood\, professor of history at MIT and faculty di
 rector of the MIT Russia Program\; and Carol Saivetz\, a senior advisor in 
 the MIT Security Studies Program (SSP).\n\nCo-sponsors:  MIT Center for Int
 ernational Studies (CIS)\, MIT Security Studies Program (SSP)\, MISTI MIT-R
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SUMMARY:Starr Forum: Navalny: Putin’s Nemesis\, Russia’s Future?
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