As the world continues to react to the death of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, some of the letters he wrote in prison are coming to light. Some of them were sent to Kerry Kennedy, daughter of slain 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. She joins Anderson to talk about those letters.
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GOP Senators Dig in on Holding up Blanche Bid Over Trump's $1.8B Fund
Tonight, two Republican senators holding up Todd Blanche's confirmation as full-fledged attorney general are still at it, even after a late-day meeting with him aimed at settling their differences. Plus, what the father of one of the Idaho college murder victims has to say about ... Show More
46m 47s
Feb 2024
Breaking: Putin Kills Alexei Navalny
Tommy and Ben discuss the breaking news that Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, has died while in prison. The only information available so far is coming from prison officials and Russian government-run news channels, who claim that Navalny collapsed. Tomm ... Show More
50m 14s
Feb 2024
Thoughts on Navalny’s death
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, has died in a Russian penal colony. We’ll reflect on Navalny’s impact and what it means to push back against the slow creep of political change. Plus, more evidence that plastic recycling is a myth pushe ... Show More
23m 52s
Feb 2024
Putin’s Opposition Ponders a Future Without Aleksei Navalny
<p>Last week, the Russian authorities announced that Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and an unflinching critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, had died in a remote Arctic prison at the age of 47.</p><p>Yevgenia Albats, his friend, discusses how Mr. N ... Show More
31m 31s
Feb 2024
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dies in prison; Europe's reaction to Trump's incendiary remarks about NATO; Prospects for peace in the Israel-Hamas war; Giorgia Meloni's moment; Allies of Pakistan’s jailed ex-leader Imran Khan win big in Pakistan
This week on the show, David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, joins the show to discuss the tragic death of Putin’s opposition leader Alexey Navalny inside a Russian prison, Navalny’s legacy, and what this means for Putin’s Russia.
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42m 33s
Feb 2024
Alexei Navalny: The death of Putin’s biggest critic
Russia's most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in an Arctic Circle jail, the prison service has said. What does that mean for the future of Russia, its opposition movement and its leader, Vladimir Putin? In this special episode of The Gl ... Show More
25m 17s
Feb 2024
12 PM ET: Navalny death reports, Fani Willis hearing, Taylor Swift donates & more
The Russian president’s most high-profile critic, Alexey Navalny, has reportedly died in prison. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis isn’t taking the stand again today after all. We’ll break down the latest in Donald Trump’s legal troubles in New York. Taylor Swift donate ... Show More
6m 20s
Feb 2024
What dies with Alexei Navalny?
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 47, has died in an Arctic prison. The Guardian’s Luke Harding explains the life and death (and afterlife) of Vladimir Putin’s bravest adversary.
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26m 38s
Mar 2024
Navalny funeral, Trump hearing, shutdown averted
Even in death, Russian dissident Alexey Navalny is still rattling Vladimir Putin. A critical hearing today in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Congress kicks the can down the road yet again to head off a government shutdown
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