Friends Of Europe Podcasts

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, reports on the shocking news of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Polar Wolf penal colony north of the Arctic Circle. In order to honour Navalny’s name and legacy, Jamie contends that outrage alone is not enough. Instead, he must become just as effective an opposition leader form beyond the grave as he was alive. Jamie outlines four key steps the EU and its member states must take to strengthen democracy in Russia and weaken Putin‘s regime.