[photo] Police officers detain a woman who laid flowers for Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg
Police officers detain a woman who laid flowers for Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.
Russian authorities say that Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison. He was 47. (AP Photo)
Lol, that bit where he praised their grocery store prices was insane. The average American makes over 300% what the average Russian makes in terms of salary.
I'm not even sure how to define how self-satirical it is that they made a monument to the political victims of repression, which is now where they authorize any kind of demonstration if one is ever allowed, and it's also the spot where they arrest everyone. It's straight out of a joke.
There's European "leaders" and politicians that are total clinging to his dick, too.
It's a psychological thing - they are so unsure about their validity and position in this world that they need an aggressive "father figure" to lead and to validate them. They are victims of their horrible childhoods, destined to repeat those traumatic experiences again and again. Includes trump, orban, even putin itself.
I'm sure the man that regularly participated in neo-nazi marches, advocated to strip non-ethnic Russians of their Russian citizenship, and called muslim Chechens cockroaches is worth celebrating.
What the fuck is your problem? Instead of actually addressing what I said you just want to start getting transphobic? How about this: would you object to the arrest of the neo-nazis at Charlottesville? I don't understand what you think is redeemable about this man, all nazis deserve death. We fought a war over this, probably the biggest one yet.
Edit: Oh nice, you're just gonna edit your comment after claiming that every person with pronouns in their name has shitty opinions. If you're gonna be a transphobic dick at least say it with your whole chest.
Ya booiiiisss we reddit now!!!!! EDIT: nevermind it's just a repost of a reddit thread. Please don't pollute lemmy with reddit reposts. I quit that shithole site because of crappy posts like this. If it feels like it belongs on the front page of reddit, just post it on reddit instead. (or lemmy world)
Maybe she had her reasons. Maybe she have had enough of all this. Their government tries to cut out the courageous and leave only spineless brainless matter that doesn't resist.
In a 2007 pro-gun rights video, Navalny presents himself as a “certified nationalist” who wants to exterminate “flies and cockroaches” – while bearded Muslim men appear in cutaways. He whips out a gun and shoots an actor wearing a keffiyeh who tried to “attack” him.
Yeah maybe overt Russian white nationalists shouldn't be revered and their supporters shouldn't be given the right to freedom of expression.
Im not sure how i feel about that, and this might be an unpopular take, but does everyone need an absolutely untarnished past to be able to be recognized for something? Or can we just accept that while not a perfect person, he is a pretty decent figurehead for anti-putinism?