She exposed Vladimir Putin's coronavirus lies. Then the might of the Russian state struck back

Anastasia Vasilyeva is the young doctor Russia's strongman President Vladimir Putin is trying to silence.

"I can't look at this situation."

"They had an order to shut me down," she says."They don't want us to show that medical workers have no PPE."Dr Vasilyeva, an ophthalmologist, might have simply continued treating people with eye conditions but for a chance meeting with one of Russia's most famous political figures — opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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