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Daria Navalnaya, daughter of imprisoned anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was presented with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday at a ceremony in Strasbourg.
In Russia, repression is on the rise as Vladimir Putin seeks to crush any form of dissent. From eliminating the opposition—including his main rival, Alexei Navalny—to controlling the courts and purging Russia of free speech, Putin is deploying a wider range of tactics than ever to tighten his grip on power.
Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. (Source » Sean Kilpatrick » The Canadian Press)
Instead, she spent her time traversing Ukraine, purporting to visit far-flung family members, but in fact working as a fixer for visiting journalists from Canada, Britain and the United States, for example taking a BBC film crew to Lviv to meet leaders in the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Countless “tendentious” news stories about life in the Soviet Union, especially for its non-Russian citizens, had her fingerprints as Ms. Freeland set about making a name for herself in journalistic circles with an eye to her future career prospects.
Col. Stroi certainly objected to what Ms. Freeland was doing in Ukraine, but the KGB officer could not help but be impressed. She was “a remarkable individual” with “an analytical mindset.” The young Canadian was “erudite, sociable, persistent, and inventive in achieving her goals,” nefarious as they may have been in the eyes of Soviet intelligence.
The student causing so many headaches clearly loathed the Soviet Union, but she knew its laws inside and out – and how to use them to her advantage. She skillfully hid her actions, avoided surveillance (and shared that knowledge with her Ukrainian contacts), and expertly trafficked in “misinformation.” The conclusion is inescapable: Chrystia Freeland, this KGB officer was saying, would have made an excellent spy herself.
I doubt Vladimir Putin will like Ms. Freeland more when she becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
It is no coincidence that September 26 is International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Petrov’s story—including his treatment by Soviet military authorities after this incident (which was hushed up for 15 years until his superior officer published a memoir)—is told in the 2014 hybrid documentary-drama “The Man Who Saved the World.” pic.twitter.com/dIYIUhYBWC
— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) September 26, 2021
Today is also the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. When Col. Petrov was confronted with what turned out to be a false alarm 38 years ago, there were more than 59,300 nuclear weapons worldwide. Today, there are about 13,100. https://t.co/bIPBRBg1EB
— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) September 26, 2021