Thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine marked a historical juncture for countries beyond Ukraine and Russia.

Few are better equipped to tell his harrowing story than veteran Russia-watcher David M. Herszenhorn of the Washington Post. Herszenhorn's new book, The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner, offers a gripping account of Navalny's life, from his childhood in the Soviet Union to his anti-corruption activism and the Kremlin's heavy-handed attempts to silence him—for good.