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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is in a hospital and unconscious, his team says he was poisoned. https://twitter.com/arkadyostrovsky/status/1296298981690167298
There's still a lot we don't know. But: last year, Navalny was poisoned in jail. Three years ago, government-backed thugs sprayed him with "brilliant green," which resulted in a chemical burn to one of his eyes. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39735867
For years, Navalny has been exposing the corruption of Vladimir Putin and everyone around him. For doing this work, Navalny has always had a target on his back. Yet he persisted. In 2018, ran for president of Russia, mounting a sophisticated, grass roots, American-style campaign.
Today, Barack Obama warned us about us being within striking distance of the end of America's democracy. People on the other side of the world, in #Belarus, in Russia, in Hong Kong, are risking their lives to have a small chance to live in a democracy. Will we fight as hard?
