He is a dedicated member of the the Russian Nationalist movement.
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In February 2011, in an interview with the radio station finam.fm, Navalny called the main Russian party, United Russia, a "party of crooks and thieves".[6] In May 2011, the Russian government began criminal investigation into Navalny, widely described in Western media as "revenge" and by Navalny himself as "a fabrication by the security services".[6][181][182] Meanwhile, "crooks and thieves" became a popular nickname for the party.[183]
On June 4, 2012, Navalny was ordered by Moscow's Lyublinsky District Court to pay 30,000 rubles ($900) as compensation for "moral harm" to United Russia State Duma Deputy Vladimir Svirid, after Svirid filed charges against Navalny for comments he made in an article written for Esquire magazine about the United Russia party: "In United Russia, there are people I come across that I generally like. But if you have joined United Russia, you are still a thief. And if you are not a thief, then you are a crook, because you use your name to cover the rest of the thieves and crooks." Svirid had originally sought one million rubles in the case.[184]
On April 4, 2013, Navalny announced his intention to run for the presidency.[185] Navalny described his presidential program as "not to lie and not to steal".[186]
In 2008 during the Russo-Georgian War, Navalny called Georgians "rodents" (Russian: грызуны) and called for imposing of a complete blockade on Georgia and eviction of all Georgian nationals from Russia. He further stated that he very much wanted to strike the Georgian General Staff with a cruise missile.[187] In response to criticism, in 2013 Navalny said that he regretted calling Georgians rodents but stood by everything else he said at the time.[188]
In 2011, Navalny stated he considered himself a "nationalist democrat".[189] International media have often commented on his ambiguous but non-condemnatory stance toward ethnic Russian nationalism.[190][191] The BBC noted in a profile of Navalny that his endorsement of a political campaign called "Stop feeding the Caucasus" and his willingness to speak at ultra-nationalist events "have caused concern among liberals". He also has been a co-organizer of the "Russian March",[192] which Radio Free Europe describes as "a parade uniting Russian nationalist groups of all stripes",.[193]
Early in 2012, Navalny stated on Ukrainian TV, "Russian foreign policy should be maximally directed at integration with Ukraine and Belarus… In fact, we are one nation. We should enhance integration."[194] During the same broadcast Navalny said that he did not intend "to prove that the Ukrainian nation does not exist. God willing, it does". He added, "No one wants to make an attempt to limit Ukraine's sovereignty".[194][195] In October 2014, Navalny stated "I do not see any kind of difference at all between Russians and Ukrainians", he admitted that his views might provoke "horrible indignation" in Ukraine.[196] In 2015, he declared, "I do not take Ukrainians for a special sort of Russians and [I] do not deny the Ukrainian nation from its political subjectivity".[197]
He also said that Russian government should stop "sponsoring the war" in Donbass.[196] Navalny has strongly criticized Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine: "Putin likes to speak about the 'Russian world' but he is actually making it smaller. In Belarus, they sing anti-Putin songs at football stadiums; in Ukraine they simply hate us. In Ukraine now, there are no politicians who do not have extreme anti-Russian positions. Being anti-Russian is the key to success now in Ukraine, and that is our fault".[198]
In March 2014, Navalny declared that he did not support Russia's annexation of Crimea. According to The Moscow Times, "Navalny suggested that Kiev should grant Crimea greater autonomy while remaining part of Ukraine, guarantee the right to speak Russian in Ukraine, keep Ukraine out of NATO, and let the Russian Black Sea fleet remain in the peninsula free of charge".[199] In October 2014, Navalny stated in an interview by Echo of Moscow that he would not return Crimea to Ukraine if he were to become the president of Russia but that "a normal referendum" should be held in Crimea to decide what country the peninsula belongs to.[196]
Just another thug that wants what the thug Putin has.
But there are many who would make him a hero of democracy because he opposes Putin.
Navalny wasn’t the only one detained. Last year over a 1000 protesters were and on Sunday over 300.
And no they were not rioting, armed, or even close.
And finally: a lot of these young protesters who have been arrested aren’t showing up to support Navalny so much as calling for genuine elections.
That’s nothing. WaPo has recently endorsed a Communist nomination to challenge Putin. They are for everything but the current Russian ‘regime’. Be it Bolshevik or Nazi is of no matter.
A little is written in media but DoS is planning to target every entity working with the Russian officials and certain industries, including sanctions on countries buying Russian armament.
The reason is to ‘de-fund aggression’ namely Crimea which is not going anywhere and ‘election meddling’ which is totally fictional.
An anti-corruption candidate in Russia. Ever so much needed.
He doesn’t have to hold just every little view that you do to be a positive over there.
Thanks for posting that summary
>> Just another thug that wants what the thug Putin has.
Is that yours?
I’d like to see Russia move beyond its communism. Weird to see Caucasians mired in that antiquated paradigm. Perhaps it’s a generational quagmire.