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Alexei Navalny's death and the future of freedom everywhere.

This video highlights how Europe is kicking its addiction to Russian natural gas and oil. 9 seconds into the vid notice the sign behind Vladolf Putler at his pep rally kicking off the invasion of Ukraine. Explains the "Z" on his tanks as the huge sign behind "The Boss" says "Za (toward) a greater Russia, a world without Naziism (horse laugh appropriate) and peace ('mir' in Russian can mean peace, village, or world -- or to a megalomaniac all three?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8WjXBBdh04

Please watch this message from Russian political prisoner Alexei Navalny. Why? The illegal use of political power to persecute and prosecute opponents is not limited to Vladolf Putler's regime. The Russian goes by fast, and the captions are exact, but YouTube settings allows you to slow it down for ease of reading. Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u8KApC6_Bc

The prosecution has requested a sentence for Alexei Navalny in his latest criminal case: 20 years in the Russian version of the supermax prison, usually reserved for murderers with life sentences. The politician is accused under six articles of the Russian Criminal Code: establishing “an extremist community” (the Anti-Corruption Foundation) that was “infringing citizens’ rights” (calling for 2021 rallies), “inciting” and “financing” extremism (the ACF), “involving minors in dangerous acts”(rallies), and even “rehabilitating Nazism” (anti-Putin statements by his chief of staff). The court sessions are being held in the penal colony, with journalists not allowed to attend. Here’s Navalny’s final...