The Children of Refuseniks Report From the Frontlines of Putin’s Russia

Yesterday’s sentencing of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was just the latest in a steady stream of blows to the democracy that President Vladimir Putin has ruled with near-dictatorial authority for more than a decade. Navalny, an anticorruption activist, was given a 5-year prison sentence for what most observers say are trumped up charges of embezzlement. If you know anything about Navalny, or about Pussy Riot, or about new laws in Russia that erode freedom of speech...