JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Goldberg, president of the Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union and author of "The Dissident," discusses in a Moment essay titled "The Killing of Navalny and Putin's Theater of Terror" why Russian leader Vladimir Putin is more dangerous than his Soviet predecessors, particularly in light of the Alexei Navalny case. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.