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Post by apple on Feb 17, 2024 21:35:17 GMT -5
Putin foe Alexei Navalny dies in jail, West holds Russia responsible
Navalny dies in prison after walk.
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters)- Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's most formidable domestic opponent, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the "Polar Wolf" Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade sentence, authorities said.
The death of Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, robs the disparate Russian opposition of its most prominent leader as Putin prepares for an election which will keep the former KGB spy in power until at least 2030.
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Post by 🦍MAXX＞ⓤ on Feb 17, 2024 21:44:04 GMT -5
Anyone surprised???
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Post by apple on Feb 17, 2024 22:21:13 GMT -5
There are no other opposition leaders in Russia of Navalny's stature. For some young urban Russians, Navalny had offered hope of an alternative future to Putin, who has served as Russia's paramount leader longer than anyone since Josef Stalin.
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Post by apple on Feb 17, 2024 22:22:35 GMT -5
I saw Putins police arresting citizens who dared to bring flowers to his memorial.
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Post by apple on Feb 17, 2024 22:28:26 GMT -5
82%"approval rating" The Levada Center is touted as one of Russia's most reputable and longest-operating independent pollsters, but researchers have emphasized that in autocracies, citizens are often afraid to answer questions about politics.
No doubt.
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Post by 🦍MAXX＞ⓤ on Feb 18, 2024 20:21:43 GMT -5
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Post by sb on Feb 19, 2024 8:32:21 GMT -5
It must be very disconcerting for the leaders of the western "democracies" to have their chief color revolution agent in Russia be killed like that.
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Post by sb on Feb 19, 2024 13:10:25 GMT -5
It must be very disconcerting for the leaders of the western "democracies" to have their chief color revolution agent in Russia be killed like that. It is disconcerting to see Americans who take Putins side on everything. Resonate an understanding that Putin is a dictator. He is todays Hitler. He murders opposition and he had Navalny killed. Just like he had Prigozhin murdered and several others. Yet you don't seem to see a problem. Did you see someone "take Putin's side?" |
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Post by Justbec on Feb 19, 2024 13:41:30 GMT -5
I don't think anyone is taking Putin's side. He is a dictator and murderer. Navalny knew the dangers of going back there. That does NOT excuse what happened but in all honesty did he actually think he wouldn't be arrested the have an accident like falling on a knife 5 times??? As for our Government and others they aren't going to do anything? They will huff and puff for a few days or weeks then it will fade away just like everything else.
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Post by sb on Feb 19, 2024 13:50:09 GMT -5
I don't think anyone is taking Putin's side. He is a dictator and murderer. Navalny knew the dangers of going back there. That does NOT excuse what happened but in all honesty did he actually think he wouldn't be arrested the have an accident like falling on a knife 5 times??? As for our Government and others they aren't going to do anything? They will huff and puff for a few days or weeks then it will fade away just like everything else. It's a dangerous area of the world to oppose dictators. Gonzalo Lira was murdered by Zelensky for committing the crime of journalism. At least Navalny had the promise of huge riches had be been successfull in bringing down Putin. |
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Post by Justbec on Feb 19, 2024 14:08:21 GMT -5
It's a dangerous area of the world to oppose dictators. Gonzalo Lira was murdered by Zelensky for committing the crime of journalism. At least Navalny had the promise of huge riches had be been successfull in bringing down Putin. Yep, I guess the attraction of riches was worth more than his life. Did he really think Putin wouldn't kill him? And for the Zelensky lovers out there he is just as bad. As sb, stated he murder political rivals and now? He just cancels elections because there is a war. |
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Post by sb on Feb 19, 2024 14:14:55 GMT -5
It's a dangerous area of the world to oppose dictators. Gonzalo Lira was murdered by Zelensky for committing the crime of journalism. At least Navalny had the promise of huge riches had be been successfull in bringing down Putin. Yep, I guess the attraction of riches was worth more than his life. Did he really think Putin wouldn't kill him? And for the Zelensky lovers out there he is just as bad. As sb , stated he murder political rivals and now? He just cancels elections because there is a war. I suspect that he was pretty confident going in knowing that he had the backing of the CIA and having seen first hand the success of a similar coup in Ukraine. |
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Post by Justbec on Feb 19, 2024 14:19:53 GMT -5
I suspect that he was pretty confident going in knowing that he had the backing of the CIA and having seen first hand the success of a similar coup in Ukraine. He forgot who our President is. |
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Post by sb on Feb 19, 2024 14:22:59 GMT -5
I suspect that he was pretty confident going in knowing that he had the backing of the CIA and having seen first hand the success of a similar coup in Ukraine. He forgot who our President is. The CIA does not depend upon the President for its competence or, for that matter, very much of its game plan. |
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Post by justme on Feb 19, 2024 15:27:28 GMT -5
I heard on one of the news shows that this couldn't happen at a better time to help garner support for the US's Ukraine package to pass in Congress. Wouldn't surprise me in the least to find out the US was behind the kill.
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Post by sb on Feb 19, 2024 15:32:28 GMT -5
I heard on one of the news shows that this couldn't happen at a better time to help garner support for the US's Ukraine package to pass in Congress. Wouldn't surprise me in the least to find out the US was behind the kill. I'm pretty sure it was Putin in this case but I did find it funny that they're blaming "sudden death syndrome" as if it's the fault of the covid vaccine.  |
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Post by Justbec on Feb 19, 2024 16:06:50 GMT -5
I heard on one of the news shows that this couldn't happen at a better time to help garner support for the US's Ukraine package to pass in Congress. Wouldn't surprise me in the least to find out the US was behind the kill. If I thought Biden actually had any pull I'd believe that. But Biden is Putin's puppet. This was all Putin, and Biden is probably taking notes. |
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Post by 🦍MAXX＞ⓤ on Feb 19, 2024 19:14:02 GMT -5
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Post by sb on Feb 19, 2024 19:59:01 GMT -5
Don't put your personal fantasies on "America." |
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Post by 🦍MAXX＞ⓤ on Feb 19, 2024 20:09:20 GMT -5
Don't put your personal fantasies on "America." But it so hard not too!!!  |
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