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Could Navalny’s astute use of social networks bring about change in Russia?

The arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he returned to his country following an attempt to poison him late last year has prompted mass protests, the largest in many years, in which police repression, using the excuse of breaches of anti-pandemic rules, and involving serious violations of fundamental rights and intimidation, are having as…