I've read that book, and it's very entertaining. But the actions described in that book include setting up political parties to co-opt various movements do not

I've read that book, and it's very entertaining. But the actions described in that book include setting up political parties to co-opt various movements do not describe what Alexey Navalny was doing. Navalny is the exception to what was the norm in Russia: an actual opposition, albeit a very weak one.