NEWSLINK: “Russian Politician Details Future of Russian Opposition Party” – Cornell Daily Sun/ Vale Lewis

“After spending twenty years in the technology industry, Leonid Volkov had a rude wake-up call to the reality of Russian politics when he was elected to city council as the only independent member – the other 34 officials were members of the United Russia Party – the party of President Vladimir Putin. … Volkov – chief of staff for Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition – examined the current political climate of Russia and the future of the opposition movement in his home country at a lecture Tuesday in Olin Hall. … Volkov is spending the semester at Yale as a Greenberg World Fellow, speaking to students around the United States about his experiences in Russian politics and as a member of the opposition movement. …”