A few days before the first anniversary of the death of Russian political opponent Alexei Navalny, a death described as “murder” by the European Parliament, in a plenary debate on Wednesday 12 February, several political representatives called for support for Russian civil society and opponents of President Vladimir Putin’s regime and his war in Ukraine.
“We have a duty to support civil society in Russia and to defend the (Russian) opposition abroad”, stressed Sandra Kalniete...