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  Frankly, I’m amazed that they haven’t killed him yet.
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 >
  
  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. >
  
  Hey, that guy's still alive! >
  
  Ikr? Definitely was expecting a "mysterious fall down stairs" by now. >
  
  I’m honestly surprised he’s still alive. What’s the world going to do sanction Russia again >
  
  This guy went on a self-imposed hunger strike the moment he got back in jail.  So he kinda used prison to break his own health too.  I understand  that it's  a persons right to protest however  they want to, and it's not okay for an institution  to do this.  Also, I am a huge Navalny fan so I hope he's  okay. >
  
  There is a great documentary on HBO max about him, if your looking for more info on his life and what has happened to him. >
  
  I don't know much but I read about Navalny that he isn't necessarily the man we want for Russia.
  He probably is much better than Putin, and I sincerely hope Navalny will be fine. 
  What I am saying is be careful of whom we put on a pedestal. He might not be the golden knight we claim he is.
  But he didn't invade a country or something similar so that's that. >
  
  
  I don't know much but I read about Navalny that he isn't necessarily the man we want for Russia.
  
  Many commenters on reddit are saying that Navalny is a Nazi.
  Now where have I heard that before... >
  
  The unrelenting Russian propaganda pays off, even it is ridiculed in some places, some people fall for it, one by one. >
  
  Navalny not being what we would like him to be is far older than the war in Ukraine though. But right now he is at least not Putin. >
  
  Yeah, the fact is, if Russia had a real political life, there would be more choice. Navalny got lucky to be so publicized, due to his poisoning survival and popular anti-corruption investigations. There are others, like Yashin, who are not as known, but perhaps have "better" personality for a politician. He is in prison now as well, of course… >
  
  Wait he's alive?! >
  
  This guy is such a dumbass for going back >
  
  Fuck this guy. For everyone, who thinks he's a martyr, he has supported invasion in Georgia in 2008 and told once his famous "Crimea is not a sandwich to be taken back" after 2014 annexation of Crimea. He's anti-Putin because he wants to be the president himself. >
  
  The literal purpose of prison is to adversely affect your health until you conform so good luck captaining the obvious >
  
  You can't help but feel bad for him but also respect his balls >
  
  Just chewing through if democracy could rise up in Russia and there is absolutely no effin’ way for that to happen so long as oligarchs are a thing. Although we have what I’d call shadow oligarchs in the US and some how are spinnin’ a “flavor” of “democracy” so maybe it could be possible in Russia. With that being said Navalny is not the answer to that one since he’s a far right conservative grifter that just happens to be jailed after surviving a lil poisoning episode >
  
  As someone who still has some family in Russia, I can tell you that at this time we can't hope for a people-led regime change. These things happen when middle class and majority of people can't sustain quality of life and majority of Russians are still living a rather comfortable life. I know most of Reddit thinks people there live in some shitty dystopia, but that's not the case at all. While an average Russian can still afford food and some basic joys of life, they will not revolt, and Putin knows it, which is how he built up his power over the years anyway. I just wish Navalny gets out and gives a Mandela type of character arc. Despite some of his stronger nationalist views, I think he would give a good foundation for the future of true democracy there. >
  
  This is BS. Look into the French revolution, American revolution, Decembrist uprising and such. It's never about food, it's about the balance of power. Putin was (and still is to some degree) the compromise between the powers in and outside Russia. >
  
  OK, if you think you know Russian political challenges better than someone who grew up there, please tell me how successful Decembrists were at changing the tsarist regime and then tell me how the October revolution went for Russia and what were the key differences between the two. >
  
  They were unsuccessful (while Americans and French were), what does it change in my statement? >
  
  Isnt he a white nationalist? I mean I guess its a little safer to drink water with shit in it than drink gasoline, right? >
  
  No, he is not. These are lies espoused by his opponents (the Putin regime) and repeated by Useful Idiots who think anyone left of Castro is "far right" and calling everyone you dislike "Nazis" is what that regime does (see Ukraine). As you can see that tactic made it's way to the West and was adopted wholeheartedly by one political party in particular. >
  
  Alright, if Navalny isnt a white nationalist I’ll remove that from my perception as you wish >
  
  He indeed was, but he didn't acted on that for 10 years at least. Posing more of a liberal in recent years. Who knows what he really is. >
  
  Is he still a far right nationalist ? >
  
  No and he never was. Stop lying. >
  
  You're wrong on "never was" part >
  
  He’s the same as putin >
  
  Reminder that Navalny is just as bad as Putin and actively supported Russia's invasions of its neighbors right up until he was in jail. >
  
  This reminds me of a guy named Assange...... >
  
  Then you aren't very smart. >
  
  This man may very well be the only hope Russia has of remaining a sovereign nation.  Make no mistake, the world knows it can’t trust Russia under its present management and not just Putin but his ruling party as well. >
  
  Yes, that's what Russian prison are made for. 
  Please elaborate. 
  Oh yes, you can't. because you're a political prisoner in a country bent on invading NATO, while accusing that the opposite is true. 
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  Thank you Navalny for allowing us to witness your daily life. Please try to stay alive! >
  
  I can see that and there was the whole reason people didn’t want him to return no? >
  
  This is true >
  
  Oh! I’m so glad homey is still alive!!!! The documentary fucked me up. >
  
  navalny is one of the most useful russian for putin. His shittalks about peaceful protest and those funny "investigations" are working perfectly for putin >
  
  Reading some of the comments people here expect a Russian opposition candidates to piss rainbows and shit gold. Yeah Navalny has some things that werent good he said in the past, but he is focused on bringing Russia into the future closer to the west and to fight corruption in Russia. >
  
  Forgot he's still around >
  
  You seem like you couldnt remember much anyway >
  
  Let’s just say that Putin is dead.  Would Navalny have any chance of being made the new leader? >
  
  Navalny is a Russian agent. Its an obivous trap. >
  
  Was his assignment as an agent to expose the corruption and crimes of his government and them to try to assassinate him with poison and jail him when he surrendered?  Lol >
  
  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.