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  I don't know man. I think having him in Germany calling out all the hypocrisy of Putin and the Kremlin would be more helpful than him wasting away in a prison cell.
context: They have done this to him before. He isn't so much reporting news as reminding people he is still alive and putting up a fight. God bless him. >
  
  Can't believe he was dumb enough to walk back into jail. >
  
  He had to, do you not understand?  Was Mandela also dumb for not fleeing?
  His life as a martyr for the lives of 10s of millions. >
  
  I will say what he is doing has become somewhat overshadowed by the war. While we all knew how Russia treats dissidents, it was still a huge message for him to willingly be arrested and show the world what they're capable of, and very publicly. 
  But now Russia is literally torturing, raping, and murdering women and children. I'm not saying people aren't capable of caring about multiple atrocities at once (what's happening to him and what's happening in Ukraine), but he has gotten considerably less coverage when Russia is displaying to the world everyday how horrible they are. 
  Also if the Russian people do not care that their own brothers and sons and husbands are being killed in the tens of thousands "for the motherland/one man's ego", then they certainly do not care about what is happening to the opposition. 
  I can appreciate the absolute balls and bravery it took to martyr yourself for a freer Russia. But it is unfortunately in vain. The Russian people are not ready for change yet (even more independent polls show a majority still support both Putin and the war), but hopefully this war speeds that process along.
  All that being said, Navalny is not a good leader for Russia either. He's simply better than what they have. But he still won't say that Crimea is Ukrainian and he is also very conservative, so he would be a better Putin. Which is a very, very low bar. >
  
  I mean, it is still adding weight to the pile.  “Navalny was right, Putin does have to go and our government is corrupt” is very dangerous to Russia.  
  It’s possible Putin pushed into this war haphazardly in part because Navalny was gaining momentum in Russia as well.  That has always been Putin’s answer to losing public support.   He just bit off more than he can chew and Russia choked on Ukraine. >
  
  Yeah I hope it didn't come off like I was disagreeing with you or anything. It's just been interesting to see him be more of an afterthought in press coverage of Russia because of everything else going on now. He would still be leagues better than Putin because he probably wouldn't have declared an all out war on a neighbor. Russia still wouldn't be great for human rights but I'd like to hope Navalny wouldn't imprison opposition after having experienced it himself. 
  And you are so right in that second paragraph. Leaders due tend to opt for war as a way to regain support. There had to be something going on for Putin to not be satisfied with "just" taking Crimea and part of the Donbas. >
  
  Frankly, I’m amazed that they haven’t killed him yet. >
  
  They don't want to make a martyr out of him but it's unavoidable >
  
  Their plan is to wither him away and hopefully break him. But he doesn’t need to break. He just has to start looking like he’s wasting away and then Russian media can peddle the image around and make people lose faith in their cause. >
  
  It dosent surprise anyone, Russia are a terrorist state! The country is a hole >
  
  Julian cough Assange >
  
  Don’t compare Navalny, a man who held his head high and faced his accusers knowing full well what was going to happen, to Julian Assange, a dude who hid in an embassy for years. >
  
  
  ~~a dude~~ a rapist >
  
  Accused, sure >
  
  I mean yeah, we all knew this would happen including himself when he got arrested again. >
  
  He could have been the head of the Russian diaspora. He could have been giving nightly broadcasts from Georgia about Russian freedom. Now he rots in prison serving as a reminder of what happens to people in Russia who defy Putin. Returning to Russia was a terrible miscalculation. >
  
  Agreed. Not sure what point he was trying to make. Everyone already knew he was as good as dead if he went back he didn’t need to sacrifice himself to prove that. I don’t really respect people who go out of their way to be a martyr it’s just foolish >
  
  Navalny thought that putting him in prison is the same as admitting by Putin that he did his poisoning, he didn't know that Russia was preparing for the biggest war in Europe since WWII, and Putin not gonna care, cause relationship with the west would be ruined anyway.  
  But tbh i didn't like the guy, it's a typical story of the West not looking at the bad side of whom they support cause he is useful. If he would lived in US, he would be canceled as a racist a long time ago. >
  
  Navalny has almost the same politics as Putin. He hates the corruption of Putins regime but loves everything else, include the hyper-nationalism. >
  
  He's likely slightly more dangerous because of this. His nationalism with his hatred of corruption would allow for a much stronger Russia, but not one that moved forward from it's imperialist mentality. >
  
  Why did he return to Russia only to be arrested and imprisoned again? >
  
  He wanted to show everyone what a true Patriot looks like