Navalny Launches Anti-War Campaign from Prison

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has launched an online presidential campaign against Russia's war in Ukraine, calling it a "long, relentless and exhausting" effort. With his grassroots political network banned as "extremist" in Russia, Navalny vowed to deploy a targeted messaging strategy to win over pro-war or neutral Russians. Navalny called on software engineers, sociologists, and political scientists to volunteer their time to develop a "creative" and "adaptable" strategy to communicate with Russian voters. The announcement was published as a Moscow court ruled to hold the latest trial against the Kremlin critic behind closed doors.