The recent news that the Kremlin could establish a database of Russians who have left the country suggests Moscow is strengthening the infrastructure for its repressive network beyond the country’s borders The proposed database would include all Russians who left the country to “participate in extremist organizations” and study аbroad “unfriendly states” as a part of Russia’s new anti-extremism strategy. It would be one thing if “extremist organizations” in Russia meant groups like ISIS or the Taliban. But the provocative label is used willy-nilly to eliminate any and all organizations that Kr…