The Spectator

Why is the mild West afraid to promote its democratic values?

Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya leaving Tokyo this week [Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images] 
issue 07 August 2021

An athlete seeking sanctuary in a foreign embassy after a state–sponsored attempt to spirit her home from the Olympics; a dissident found hanging from a tree in a foreign country that he’d been helping his compatriots escape to; a passenger jet diverted so one of its passengers could be arrested.

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