Navalny's Allies Continue Fight to Undermine Putin's Grip on Power
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A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the Russia's presidential election in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 16, 2024. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexey Navalny, addresses the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, Feb. 28, 2024. She and other Navalny followers are asking Russians to flock to polling stations at noon Sunday to show their discontent with Putin. People vote in Russia's presidential election in the Russian-controlled area of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, March 15, 2024. FILE - Leonid Volkov, who has served as Alexey Navalny's top strategist, speaks during an interview at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Dec. 14, 2021. On Tuesday, Volkov was attacked near his home in Lithuania.
Alexey Navalny's team is used to working independently. The most potent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin was frequently absent for long stretches after being arrested, assaulted, poisoned, or imprisoned.
People march during a rally in support of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party in Budapest, Hungary, June 1, 2024. Orbán with 14 years in power is the European Union's longest serving leader. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addresses people as they gather to support him and his party during a 'peace march' in Budapest, Hungary, June 1, 2024. People march during a rally in support of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party in Budapest, Hungary, June 1, 2024.
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2015, photo, Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right, delivers a speech as close ally Tin Oo waves in Yangon, Myanmar. Tin Oo died June 1, 2024, at the age of 97. FILE - Tin Oo, co-founder of the National League for Democracy party, points out other party members at a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the NLD, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 27, 2013.
Polling officials check and seal an electronic voting machine before they allow voters to cast their votes at a polling station during the last round of a six-week-long national election near Dharamshala, India, June 1, 2024. Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, stand in queue to cast their votes during the last round of a six-week-long national election, in Kolkata, India, June 1, 2024.
A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024. A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's multiple rocket launchers during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 31, 2024.