Opinion: Let’s empower Russians who are fighting Putin’s propaganda
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a state visit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday. By Christian Caryl Christian Caryl Editor with The Post's Opinions section Email Bio Follow Op-ed Editor/International March 28 at 2:24 PM Note: The reporting for this article was made possible by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
But perhaps we shouldn’t leave this up to the authorities. Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that there are private donors out there — nongovernmental organizations, charitable trusts or wealthy individuals — who’d be willing to take a chance on unconventional approaches for the defense of our democracy. So what should they fund?
Activists Anton Gromov and Viktor Oleynik are the kind of people I have in mind. Staunch Putin critics, they hit upon the idea of creating a database that would track the Russian dictator’s enablers: the thugs, businessmen and secret police officers who buttress his power. By cataloging the names, organizational affiliations and actions of such people, the two men aim to pave the way for potential sanctions from foreign governments — thus providing a measure of accountability they lack at home.
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