With so much corruption circling around Ukraine, a place that has attracted all manner of Russian and American grifters and influence peddlers over the years, Obama seemed to just be a guy doing his job. “Obama, when he started attacking Putin after Crimea and Ukraine, was an example for me,” he said. “Look, this is just an honest guy who was elected despite the fact that he was not rich, he was not connected, he was based in morality.” Navalny clearly saw himself as someone who could become the president of his country while remaining honest. And this, in his view, meant not succumbing to the
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