‘Don’t worry about me. I’m fine’: Kremlin critic Navalny from Arctic jail
‘Don’t worry about me. I’m fine’: Kremlin critic Navalny from Arctic jail
Russian opposition leader says he has seen his lawyer after 20 days travelling to penal colony above the Arctic Circle.
Damn...
It sounded goofy, silly for what has happened for him. I like his attitude and him being alive. That he thinks we can get a little bit of encouragement, comfort, from him of all people. Some jokes, some laughs, even untimely. While he, as many politically active people there, would meet the holiday season choked in a concrete bag, completely alone. He doesn't deserve this prolonged torture, but I feel hopeful for he is still not broken. That means, we too can have a hope.
Dude aged 50 years in like 3.
It’s good that he opposes Putin but because of that people seem to completely overlook the fact that this guy is a right wing populist himself.
Edit: because people apparently cba to read the article, let me add some additional info: Amnesty International’s Moscow office reluctantly rescinded his “prisoner of conscience“ status. Russians who complained about e.g. his anti immigrant stance, equating immigrants to „cockroaches“ or dressing as a dentist and making a metaphor that immigrants were a pain that needs to be removed. He hasn’t distanced himself from these statements. Therefore, even though Amnesty International initially dismissed those complaints they had to comply because there were just too many complaints.
That's not true and it wouldn't matter even if it was true. You got to know a lot about Russian current culture to understand the specifics.
It's useless to apply current standards of developed countries on Russia in order to approve some politician. Russia needs to change before that could even work. I imagine Navalny could've been one of drivers of that process.
Also Amnesty reversed that decision since. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/05/statement-on-alexei-navalnys-status-as-prisoner-of-conscience-2/
I don't see why it is useless to apply the standards of developed countries, if you're a right wing shithead with horrible views, you're a right wing shithead with horrible views. Just because you are imprisoned by a bigger shithead doesn't excuse your views or actions.
We ofc should keep advocating for his release under spurious charges that he finds himself under as we should across the world.
If you’d read the article, you’d have seen that those complaints didn’t come from Westerners, but rather from Russians who complained about e.g. his anti immigrant stance, equating immigrants to „cockroaches“ or dressing as a dentist and making a metaphor that immigrants were a pain that needs to be removed. He hasn’t distanced himself from these statements. Therefore Amnesty International’s Moscow office reluctantly rescinded his “prisoner of conscience“ status.
You pretend like nationalist authoritarianism is a phenomenon exclusive to Russia, or like this would be some kind of special case. No it is not. I come from a place with equally rotten politics and we have people being marked as terrorists nowadays who were pushed as freedom fighters by the Westerns back in the day because they were against their enemy. The Americans conveniently ignored all their fascistic tendencies or said something like you do about having to understand the specific culture, etc. to justify supporting those people. And now they’re backing someone else to get rid of the people they once supported, again ignoring anything that doesn’t fit into their narrative. If you now think you know where I’m from, believe me you don’t, this is such a common trope it has happened in too many places. Your situation is not unique and if you support a fascist you get fascism.
Not sure why the downvotes. It's true.
Nobody will get popular in ruzzzzzia if they're not at least a bit extreme.
The Enemy of my enemy is my friend I guess? Maybe a lot of people who don’t want to hear it or Russians who don’t care about his racism, idk.
This guy has to be one of the dimmest folks I have ever seen. Putin straight tried to kill him, failed and the world did nothing and yet he still turned himself in as some type of martyr. The world was going to do nothing and they were going to torture him and trump up any charges they felt to ensure he never sees the light of day again and for what? Nothing.
He could have done more even in exile.
He knowingly martyred himself. Martyrs can sometimes effect massive change. I wouldn’t have done the same, and clearly, neither would you. But it doesn’t make his decision dim.
Real life is far more nuanced than your pedestrian analysis.
And if the tides turn, the population will see him as someone who doesn't shy away from danger.
Yeah, get a car, op!
I’m not sure he’s the dim one.