Tom Nichols: “The death of Alexei Navalny is one of many blows to the cause of freedom that has made it a hard winter for democracy on almost every front in the world. I wish I could be a bit more cheerful—it is, after all, Friday—but the past few weeks have been very much a part of the winter darkness.”
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