The profile Navalny’s family has, is high. It may diminish with time, but there is definitely the prospect of his wife becoming the focus for opposition. Even if it isn’t her, she could play the role of kingmaker in the future.
They aren’t safe wherever they are, but yeah, getting out of Russia improves their position materially, but still far too marginally for them to ever be safe.
What is really scary though, is that what I expressed about the US, is a genuinely held fear. Russia seems to be at least almost as effective in the propaganda war against the US as the US was against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
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