We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets.
“In his courageous and too short life,” wrote Russia scholar Daniel Treisman, “Navalny became a symbol of hope for the younger generations of his compatriots.
“He never gave up on the prospect of what he called ‘the beautiful Russia of the future,’” Treisman noted.
“For a ‘beautiful Russia of the future’ to emerge in coming years, Putin must lose the war he started.
Navalny understood this.”“Navalny’s death represents the extinguishing of all hope for Russia’s turnaround,” wrote Sasha Vasilyuk.
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