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Commentary: Russian opposition leader exhibits bravery while Cruz and Hawley offer profiles in cowardice

The most courageous man in the world is locked up in a Moscow prison — his life in the balance. The most cowardly men in the world cool their heels comfortably in Washington — their lives a guarantee of gilded privilege. Alexei Anatolievich Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was poisoned in Siberia with a nerve agent allegedly on orders from President Vladimir Putin but miraculously ...
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appears on screen via a video link from prison during a court hearing, at a court in the town of Petushki some 120 kilometres outside Moscow, on May 26, 2021.

The most courageous man in the world is locked up in a Moscow prison — his life in the balance.

The most cowardly men in the world cool their heels comfortably in Washington — their lives a guarantee of gilded privilege.

Alexei Anatolievich Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was poisoned in Siberia with a nerve agent allegedly on orders from President Vladimir Putin but miraculously survived after being medically evacuated to a hospital in Germany.

Let’s remember that U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh

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