Alexei Navalny
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NICE TRY
A new Russian disinformation plot features some laughably bad attempts at impersonating U.S. officials—but it could still be very dangerous.
NOPE
Olena Zelenska declined an invitation, claiming to have prior commitments.
‘THIS IS HOW WE MUST ACT’
“We need to use election day to show that we exist and there are many of us, we are real, living people and we are against Putin.”
STANDING UP
Mourners applauded and chanted the Russian opposition leader’s name as his body arrived at the Moscow church.
FIGHTING WORDS
“I’m not sure yet whether [the funeral] will be peaceful or whether police will arrest those who have come to say goodbye to my husband.”
RIDICULOUS
“We were told that the funeral agencies were forbidden to work with us.”
BOMBSHELL
Maria Pevchikh claimed the deal also involved the release of two U.S. citizens.