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John Kampfner

John Kampfner is Adviser to Google on freedom of expression and culture. He is an author, broadcaster and commentator, Chair of the board of Turner Contemporary, and former Chief Executive of Index on Censorship and Editor the New Statesman

<p>Navalny was among the most brazen of Kremlin critics </p>

Alexei Navalny – the man who knew too much

<p>The Communist leader addresses servicemen at Red Square, Moscow, in 1919 </p>

Inside Nato’s ‘museum of shame’ where Lenin planned bloody revolution

Why Berlin pulls me back? It exists on the border of freedom and chaos

<p>Punishment for crossing Vladimir Putin is sometimes swift</p>

Putin’s hit list: inside the Kremlin’s killing machine

John Kampfner: In the economic storm a new world order is being born

John Kampfner: Which of our leaders has really got the courage to

John Kampfner: Arab Spring is a wake up call for European

Cycling in Bratislava: Slovakia offers a scenic backdrop for

Rush to get away before the lights go out