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I'm perfectly aware of his background, and I support him. 
Just because you're not a good person, doesn't mean it's suddenly okay for the government to torture you and violate your human dignity. 
He's allowed to have nationalistic opinions, and in a free country, I'd be opposed to him. But as long as he is in a fight against this authoritarian state, he is allied in something with me.
I'm honestly amazed Putin hasn't just had this guy killed. He's killed so many other opposers to his regime.
Is he scared Navalny would become a martyr? Or is having him in prison like a trophy or something? >

If Navalny dies, his supporters will find a new leader of their cause, and become less manageable. As long as he lives, his supporters will never agree on a replacement. >

True, but there are Pro-Navalny Russians that have since gone full Z. >

Not sure this is true. Didn't find any such people online or elsewhere.
Being Z means mostly fully trust the state propaganda, and this prevents being pro-navalny. >

I am unsure of the veracity of that persons claim... 
However, Nalvany is less anti-Ukraine invasion and more anti-Putin. He still has strong nationalistic views, was pro-Crimean annexation, has stated if he became president, he wouldn't return Crimea, has made statements before with the same lines as Putin that Russia deserves a say in the domestic affairs of ex-soviet nations.
The only upside of him would be his anti-corruption stance. Which would be great for the average Russian... but could you imagine if there wasn't the widespread corruption like their is? Id the money that was supposed to be spent on the military was actually spent on military... not that Nalvany would have necessarily invaded Ukraine.. but the whole anti corruption stance mixed with the whole "Russia deserves a say in the domestic affairs of ex soviet nations" stance leads me to believe he would still use military pressure to get what he wants. >

I saw few false statements in your comment and stopped reading. Please do some research. Or read this at least.
Seriously what's wrong with people? Do you like living with lies in your head?
And what's with the "less anti-Ukraine invasion" thing? What exactly do you expect from him to do to show you he is against it? Remember he does not have any power and he is in jail? Maybe you expect him to call for anti-war protests, so more people get arrested as fast as possible? >

Do you see the blue link in my comment you replied to? Click it and read.
Out-of-context statements are bad arguments. >

The blue link which states that yes he did indeed say exactly what the commenter said he did?
The link which states that he says he'll hold a "true" referendum?
And you expect anyone to believe any of this? >

I believe he said what he said, and that you can only fully understand him if you actually read and listen to him at least for a few paragraphs, not just a few sentences.
Which exact phrase makes you hate him? As he said, the Crimea remained in Russia. Was he not correct here? When asked what would he do about it, he said that a lot of work needs to be done, and he is also right here. This can't be solved overnight, not after that many years.
You think a possible candidate who says stuff like this is not to be trusted. I know that a possible candidate that would promise "immediate return of Crimea" is not to be trusted, as that would mean he is an idiot who makes promises without thinking of how exactly he could fulfill them. >


His team fear for his safety

That's a crack team. Was their first clue the attempted poisoning? >

600 Russian doctors signed an open letter demanding a stop to Navalny’s torture. Guy is being denied medical care in jail. >

Breaking news: 600 Russian doctors fall to their deaths from hospital window >

One hell of a window. All at once or in some sort of conga line? >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 95%. (I'm a bot)


The question, according to Navalny's chief investigator, Maria Pevchikh, is whether he can outlast Putin and his war in Ukraine - and on that the verdict is still out.
Pevchikh, who heads Navalny's investigative team and helped winkle out his would-be assassins, says the war in Ukraine - which Navalny has condemned from his prison cell behind bars - will bring Putin down.
Against a backdrop of international outrage, Navalny was moved to a prison hospital; meanwhile Moscow's courts moved to have him declared a terrorist or extremist and Putin shut down his political operations across the country.


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His personal safety may be at risk, but terrible as that is, he's deliberately doing it to broadcast his ideas and defiance to the rest of Russia and the world. The louder he is, the more people stop to listen, the more dangerous it'll be for Putin to dispose of him. It'd turn him into a martyr for the cause, and that's one that could see Putin falling out a window. >

The windows have bars, he should be safe >

Considering lots of generals keep mysteriously turning up dead after having said much less it’s weird to me he’s even still alive… is Putin keeping him there as like a sort of pet or something? >

He is not going anywhere. He is like Han Solo hanging on Jabba’s wall. >

I really wish people who don't know the first thing about Russian politics would shut up about Navalny. He's not the pro west alternative you all are looking for. Clamoring for him over Putin is like begging to get stabbed in the gut because it's better than getting shot in the face. >

100% this.
Navalny is a horrific individual and Westerners who support him only do so because they don’t know enough about Russian politics to realize how bad this guy is.