Leonid Volkov: Russian Politics and Strategy of the Russian Opposition

Leonid Volkov, 2018 Yale World Fellow and chief of staff for Alexey Navalny — 2010 Yale World Fellow and the leader of the Russian opposition — reflects on the state-of-the-art and nearest future of Russian politics. He addresses questions pertaining to the challenges faced by President Putin after his successful reelection in March 2018; whether Putin is afraid of Navalny and why; and what the strategy of the opposition should be in the current circumstances of Russia’s internal and external politics.