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Dictator vs. democrat? Not quite: Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is no progressive hero (Flashback)
Redacted ^ | APRIL 2, 2017 | By DANIELLE RYAN

Posted on 02/19/2024 7:50:53 PM PST by Kazan

Natalia Morris of Redacted has more what a despicable human being Navalny was:

The fact that Navalny is a vocal Kremlin critic and ardent opponent of Vladimir Putin has ensured that he has become somewhat of a media darling in the West. He is sometimes hailed as a hero in Western coverage. Time magazine once called him “Russia’s Erin Brockovich.”

What is reported less often about Navalny are his nationalist leanings, ties to neo-Nazi groups, xenophobic comments and extreme anti-immigrant views. References to Navalny’s nationalism in the West are usually ​buried or brushed off​, while the headlines sing his praises. While we seem somewhat better able to appreciate the complexities of politics and political figures in our own nation, we tend to regard Russia in very simplified terms; there’s a “bad guy” in power and we must therefore support the valiant and oppressed “good guy.” Many people hear “Russian opposition leader” and immediately assume this is the person with whom their sympathies should lie.

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Many Navalny supporters are extremely anti-immigrant, particularly when it comes to newcomers from the Caucasus and Central Asia. Many see Putin as playing a part in the destruction of the traditional fabric of Russia. Navalny himself has played a role in skinhead marches in Moscow and earned the sympathies of extremists


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: navalny; neonazis; vatnik; zeeperhero
Just like the land of neo-Nazism, Ukraine, was turned into a beacon of democracy once the proxy war in Ukraine started, Navalny, a man that has led skinhead marches in Moscow, is no be eulogized as the man that would have brought freedom to Russia.

The lies about this war coming from the Biden regime, Deep State, NATO and our very own Zeepers is truly on level with some of the most outrageous lies in history, including the kind that came out Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

1 posted on 02/19/2024 7:50:53 PM PST by Kazan
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To: Kazan

Bkmrk


2 posted on 02/19/2024 7:51:48 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: Kazan

“When you strike at a king, you must kill him.”

In this case it was Czar Vladimir.


3 posted on 02/19/2024 7:55:36 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: Kazan

“Navalny, a man that has led skinhead marches in Moscow, is no be eulogized as the man that would have brought freedom to Russia.”

Judging by who the Neocons support in Ukraine, I’d say it’s rather consistent to be supporting the leading Skinhead in Russia. Shouldn’t surprise anyone.


4 posted on 02/19/2024 8:04:37 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: packagingguy
If Putin wanted to kill, he would have done a long time ago and, certainly, not when his death would be used for propaganda purposes to push for more funding here.
5 posted on 02/19/2024 8:12:55 PM PST by Kazan
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To: Kazan
Amnesty strips Alexei Navalny of 'prisoner of conscience' status

Honestly surprised the BBC didn't self-censor this yet. When I tried searching for ADL's own material on the subject Google was completely unhelpful.

6 posted on 02/19/2024 8:13:55 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Kazan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGvHItkDo8k

Navalny discussion starts at about 27:30


7 posted on 02/19/2024 8:17:51 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Kazan

Redacted......ah, yes, Clayton Morris, the guy who was steering marks to his buddy’s Ponzi scheme in Indiana.

Now hiding in Portugal to evade a flood of lawsuits deriving therefrom.

Making his living publishing Moscow’s propaganda, since no responsible news organization will touch him with a barge pole.

Yeah, THAT Clayton Morris.


8 posted on 02/19/2024 8:37:18 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Kazan

Sounds like a typical modern populist, in the Orban-Meloni mode.

It seems he was a guy many here would support. The sticking point of course isn’t the guy’s politics, but how he fits into US politics, which is the problem with the US. Everything has to be squeezed into the current domestic Us vs Them.


9 posted on 02/19/2024 10:21:46 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Kazan

the well-organized anti-Navalny smear campaign is underway

and you’re doing your helpful part

because you live in Russia, correct?

(you didn’t answer the last time I asked, want to try this time?)


10 posted on 02/20/2024 4:11:47 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: Kazan
If Putin wanted to kill, he would have done a long time ago

September 2, 2020 – German officials say there is “unequivocal proof” Navalny was poisoned with a Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent.

11 posted on 02/20/2024 6:09:43 AM PST by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet th>an Live on Your Knees )
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To: packagingguy

“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared,” Machiavelli


12 posted on 02/20/2024 8:01:35 AM PST by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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To: Kazan

Kazan, it would appear you held Solzhenitzyn negatively. Did you?


13 posted on 02/20/2024 8:43:22 AM PST by Srednik (Polyglot. Overeducated. Redeemed by Christ. Anticommunist from the womb.)
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