The deeply sad and dark news of Alexei Navalny's death at a Russian prison in the arctic made me remember my own run-in (alongside my former WSJ colleague Jacquie McNish) with Navalny via the private intelligence firm Black Cube.
Daniel Ortega has led Nicaragua's descent into dictatorship. For a special audio edition of Whale Hunting, reporter Clara Preve spoke to Samantha, an activist who stood up against Ortega's regime and paid the price. Scroll down to skip straight to their conversation.
This week in our weekly roundup, a deep dive into LA train thefts, a new pod on CIA-backed cultural production, a sleeper hit on a Taiwanese crime family and more!
