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[photo] Police officers detain a woman who laid flowers for Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by nrzzrn to c/[email protected]

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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)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

There being a bigger asshole doesn't make an asshole a saint. I don't buy Navalny's 180 on his nationalist, islamophobe, and homophobe stances. And no liberal Russian I know (quite a few) does either. The western narrative of "Putin bad, Navalny against Putin, so Navalny good" is really strange. Given the chance Navalny could have been the next Hitler. Have you ever watched/listened to the stuff that guy said?