Russian dissidents: fighting from within or without? Many of those killed while fighting Moscow's authoritarianism lived abroad, where they imbibed the democratic values they tried to introduce to Russia. The dilemma of political dissidence has always been the same: should we confront dictatorships directly or from the protection of abroad? In the case of Russia, and especially in the times of the Soviet Union, the return of exiles often had dramatic consequences.

The Russian secret services play with dates using them as symbols.