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On January 23, protests erupted in several cities and town across Russia in support of Alexey Navalny, the anti-corruption activist who was poisoned in an assassination attempt last August.\\xa0 Navalny returned to Russia and was promptly arrested.\\xa0
On the line with me to discuss the significance of these protests and what they signal about politics in Russia today is Michael McFaul, who served as US Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014.\\xa0
Link to McFaul\'s International Security article
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