Law, Power, and Justice

Emily Jones

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Tag: opposition

  • RUSSIANS AND POISon

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    There are many ways to incapacitate an enemy. But, historically, few have proved so attractive to the Soviet and Russian security services as poisoning. Ever since Vladimir Lenin set up his poison factory, known as the “Special Room”, over a century ago, poisonings have become one of the Kremlin’s preferred ways to eliminate, cripple or… Read.

  • How Navalny Changed Russia: Putin Cannot Silence the Opposition Leader’s Movement

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    For Russian society, confused, depressed, and constantly besieged by an ever more repressive regime, Navalny was a lone uniting figure. — Read on www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/how-navalny-changed-russia Read.

  • Opposition to Netanyahu

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    Yair Lapid, who leads Israel’s parliamentary opposition, has said that he would join an Israeli government led by the right as long as it excluded the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and some of Mr. Netanyahu’s hard-line partners.“Israel has lost faith in the prime minister,” Mr. Lapid told the Israeli network Channel 12 in an interview… Read.

  • MORNING NEWS NOTES: NETANYAHU AND A UNITY GOVERNMENT

    Wednesday 11 October 2023 The news is filled this morning with a proposed “Unity government.”  But, yesterday, at least one commentator was explaining that Netanyahu’s establishment of this unity government was to offer the opposition to join with in exchange for nothing.  One of the people negotiating with Netanyahu to be part of this unity… Read.