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At this point, the dude could survive on Mars
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. >

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. >

He is not in a fight against authoritarian state.
He is in a fight against authoritarian state not led by him. >

Do you have any proof or is it just your impression of him? >

one thing that pushed me away from him is that he put his wife, a person who had absolutely nothing to do with anything with the anti corruption fund hes been running with his party, on the board of some new anti corruption organization. this is complete hypocrisy. he's been critisizing corruption and nepotism for years and then does the exact same thing, puts his wife on the board because shes his wife. yeah, sure, she is his wife and for sure helped him behind the scenes bla bla bla, but that doesnt matter, she got that position because shes hes wife, and thats a big red flag. >

I understand your feelings, but there's a difference between a situation when someone powerful gives his relative a cushy place and Navalny's situation. He's been in danger of being put to jail since when, like 2013-14? Let's face it, Yulia then might've taken a position Tikhanovskaja is in today.
I agree, that can be seen as a red flag, and Navalny being extremely single-minded person he is, is not his only one. But could you honestly imagine him shutting down independent media, putting people like Yashin, Gorin, and Kara-Murza in jail for saying something he doesn't want to hear?
My humble opinion is that the quality responsible for his many blunders is not his authoritarianism, but the fact that he has taken a bite he couldn't always chew. >

As an 2nd gen immigrant who faces severe racism and discrimination on basically a daily basis, i was already on edge about him. if he does this shit when he has 0 power, i dont think its impossible to imagine him slowly falling farther and farther himself >


who faces severe racism and discrimination on basically a daily basis, i was already on edge about him.

I understand. If this helps even a little bit: these people are either dumb chauvinists or cheap populists. Stay strong. >

its fine, i dont take it personally and stopped caring a long time ago if its verbal or some shit. only gets annoying when you basically can't rent an apartment because you're not slavic. >

He'll be fine, the prison is a single story building >

He’s only alive today because Putin allows it. For what purpose? We don’t know. >

If you know Navalny and his position well, you understand he is arguing not the war itself but how poorly it’s handled. He used to be a far right ages ago and even in 2014 made the “Crimea is not a sandwich” comment >

Wasn’t he for invading Ukraine before his arrest? >

He used to be very nationalistic and supported the war in Georgia. I don’t trust him in the slightest but the younger generation seem to adore him because “he willingly came back to Russia knowing he’ll be put in jail”. Some fucking Mandela we got. >

He described central asians from former soviet republics as rats, i do not believe anything he says. Its all just pr to snatch power >

Now imagine how hard it is to explain all this to my own countrymen. >

Isn't Putin an ultra-nationalist committing genocide with cannon fodder drawn from Russia's ethnic minorities? >

If you think he cares about ethnic Russians, I have sour news for you. He values nobody but himself. >

True of most nationalists. But all the same, he has positioned himself as the sponsor of several nationalist militias like that biker gang he poses with, has nationalist youth movement and is committing genocide against a people only very subtly different from his own.
Navalny is a better alternative on every measure. >

And I’m all for giving him a chance. Anyone is better than a guy who says “so what if you die in a war? You’d drink yourself to death or crash in a car anyway”. However I want Navalny to run in a proper election, not charge into the kremlin and hang Putin. >

I'd prefer an election, but given that there are no proper elections in Russia what's wrong with 

charge into the kremlin and hang Putin

this? >

Last time people charged it brought us communism. No, an election is a must. Without Pamfilova, with international observers, without carousels and all the usual machinations. And Putin also has to stand trial.
Also, regarding elections. There were. In 92 and 96. And I can even believe the 2000 one. A hungry scared Russia elected whom Betrzovsky’s channel 1 was telling them would save it. >

Why is it important to Putin to keep Navalny alive? Honest answers please if you can. >

Maybe Putler gets sadistic pleasure from having his most famous opponent completely in his power and being subjected to punishments and all kind of unjust and cruel treatments?
Or he is afraid that killing him will cause too big of an outrage among opposition and the West? >

The brass fucking balls on this dude ✊ >

I'm surprised (but glad) Navalny is still alive >

Here's a comment from a Ukrainian: fuck Navalny. >

You don't like people who oppose someone who started war with Ukraine and annexed Crimea? >

I don't like people who think Ukraine shouldn't exist, especially if those people are a candidate for Russian Czar. >

He is an imperialist xenophob. >

And hates Ukrainians too. He's just another Russian nationalist. >

well he is Russian lol >

It's amazing to me how fast this comments section has turned on Nalvany from him being flavour of the month.
Personally I hate the man because he martyred himself for no good reason. Imagine how different things would be today if Russia had an opposition to unify around. Instead he went back to Russia and accepted his fate, for whatever reason. Knowing he'd be in prison for the rest of his life. Pointless. >

Seems like Russian propagandists are working overtime on reddit today. >

Nah. Just read what he PUBLICLY wrote about 2014 Crimea annexation and Georgian war. Some heinous foul sht. Hes nothing just another ork larping as “liberal” >

A reminder that Navalny said it was right for Russia to take Crimea, it's just another "good" russian. Remember how Medvedev was touted as the liberal good russian? At this point I think he's being kept alive just to make naive western europeans think that russians aren't completely a lost cause >

He didn't say that though. He stated that he doesn't see a way of it being returned.
"The seizure of Crimea was a harmful violation of international agreements because the Budapest Memorandum on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the fundamental agreements in which Russia participated at the time are more important"
"I believe that strategically, what has been done with Crimea, not to mention Ukraine, will do great harm to Russia. But the problem of Crimea cannot be solved quickly. Can't be solved with a sandwich. It cannot be simply returned"
"As president, I can guarantee one thing - that I will hold a fair referendum there, I will try to normalize the situation. We will try to involve Ukraine in this referendum and in the tripartite commissions together with the European Union. Honestly, if not cunning, I doubt that Ukraine recognizes this referendum"
He had enough shit takes to be criticized for, so there is no need to create false narratives to discredit him any more than he did himself. There is enough disinformation floating around from Russian side, so I'd suggest you stop playing into their hand by confusing people without providing any sources >

He wants to hold a referendum on Crimea and occupied areas - in what we he is different than Putin??? >

No... Not other occupied areas, where did you even get that from? That was about holding a proper referendum in Crimea with EU and Ukraine directly involved in the process to make sure it would be fair and internationally accepted. It is also post annexation to define if it should rejoin Ukraine, so it's a step in the opposite direction from hoax referendums in occupied regions in 2014 and 2022 >

What sense makes it? 95% of the people living there have been pushed away and replaced... >

Where are you getting this information from? Population of Crimea/Sevastopol was around 2mil at the time of the annexation, I'm sure there would be a lot of documentation of this happening
Here is what I found on the subject of weaponised migration in Crimea. Nothing here suggests 95% migration, stating it being about 60-70 thousands left for political reasons during the first year, which would be around 3-4%. I also see reports of it reaching 150 thousands total at max, but that is still not even close to percentage you claim. Instead it talks about russians moving into the region, and such people just wouldn't be allowed to participate in the voting I assume. Those who left should also be allowed to vote I'd think, but that is just me playing devils advocate since I don't see it as a realistic plan
While such course of action may have had at least some ground to stand on before the war, now I personally see no option but Crimea's return to Ukraine without any referendums as being fair >

But he supported the annexation of Crimea I believe >

This is his take on Crimea summarized. So no, he didn't >

Maybe it proves that Russian government wasn't really all that eager to end him? Since he continues to protest and all that even from prison? Maybe, just maybe someone else was trying to kill him? >

Took his bitch ass a long time to come about against. >

He was against since it's all started. If you haven't seen his mails from prison, it doesn't mean they didn't existed >

My theory… this whole time He’s Putins pick to succeed him and let him retire in peace, while still be pulling strings.  And this whole thing is a false opposition so that if Putin is ever overthrown, he steps in as a replacement but is actually just another pro Putin puppet.
The illusion of a dissenting party is a tactic Putins chief propagandist has admitted to orchestrating multiple times. Makes Putin seem like a legitimate leader with actual opposition. >

This dude is Russia's only hope at returning to the civilized world >

Or a fast track to ruin. >

Damn thought Putin was already doing that >

He took his sweet time. >

Ah, so is Navalny more blatantly bad? Serious question, as all I had seen was he was trying to reduce corruption >

Nah, I was sarcastic. Putin first pretended he’d be developing Russia, make friends with the world and give us all 4500 dollars average monthly salary. Hell, until 2012 there was even hope. >

Gotcha I see I see, that makes sense. >

It's this dude, not putin the bitch, who really is Russia's macho man! >

Ehhhh… he was in favour of the annexation of Crimea. I don’t think his views different THAT much from Putin’s. >

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying he's an angel but can you deny the balls on this guy?? Putin has had political opponents murdered for way less.. in fact I find myself unable to explain how come putin hasn't ordered him killed yet... Is there an explanation? >

He’s afraid it will inspire the masses. Navalny makes statements out of jail even. He’s barely mistreated. >

I thought he was already dead. Oops >

This dude seems so two faced it hurts >

Navalny is probably the most brave person I have witnessed in my 40+ years of life.
Edit: just learning of his position on Ukraine in this thread.  No respect for that.  I still say he has big balls to bash Putin then go straight to him like that. >

I thought for sure he'd have been window'd by now. Honestly, who cares at this point. He's better than Putin but still kinda terrible. Russia needs a complete reset to be considered a reasonable country on the world stage, is Navalny capable of stewarding that change? >

I can see that for Russia to get an actual good government, may take several changes of government - I can’t see them managing to do it in just one go. >

Hopefully there are no stairs in that prison. >

That window came out of nowhere >

You guys are so original. >

I predict that he will die with three gun shots in the back of the head while falling from a prison window
It’ll be reported as natural causes >

Hopefully his cell doesn't have any windows. >

Give him a few years in realm and you won't be able to tell the difference between him and put-in. >

A typo in the 1st word of the subj., 'f' instead of 'v'. >

Little Czar puti is hoping Navalny dies of natural causes while in jail. >

Question... is Russia's opossing party, or whatever is left of it, 100% against the war and promising to end it if they win? >

How is he even still alive? >

Navalny should volunteer to join the fight and then defect to Ukraine. >

He hates Ukrainians. >

Does this prison have windows? 
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Asking for a friend. >

Him returning to Russia after barely surviving the poisoning was pure stupidity. I have no idea what he expected.