The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny made headlines across the world, yet his demise was a cruel inevitability given the physical plight he was forced to suffer having already been poisoned. On Friday, February 16, Vladimir Putin’s most prominent political opponent died in mysterious circumstances, inside a Russian penal colony located near the Arctic Circle. With another “enemy of the state” now dead, what is next for Russia and its tyrannic leader? Host: Fionnán Sheehan. Guest: Jason Corcoran – Russia Analyst

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