Why did so many Russians protest today? Watch Navalny's video, if you haven't done it already. 70+ million views so for With English subtitles.
it's long. but the details are astonishing.
A coffee table for the price of a Moscow apartment; a toilet brush and paper holder for the price of an average Russian's annual pension; the same double-headed eagle on the entrance to his palace as on the Hermitage; and it goes on.
But the palace is only the beginning. It's the web of shell companies, the childhood friends - we knew all of it, but this puts the jigsaw pieces together in new ways

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17 Jan
Bizarre and unreflective essay from a person who used to be subtle and nuanced. Hammering in the cliche one final time, Christopher Caldwell says Trump 'spoke to a downwardly mobile, mostly white working class that had been forgotten by the elites.' thetimes.co.uk/article/donald…
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journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-d…
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professional qualifications of the First Lady

business links of presidential children

appropriate background of cabinet members

politeness of language used by staffers
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