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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)

https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=4d98d9afaf84439aa6c35cc824bd6dfc&mediatype=photo

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wait but Tucker Carlson told us Russia was an amazing place, better than America!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

Let this fucker fade away into obscurity, please.

[–] daft61lunacy 30 points 1 year ago

That guy can stay there if he likes it so much.

[–] Ghostalmedia 24 points 1 year ago

Go to jail if you speak out against the president, BUT, there is a nice chandelier in a subway station.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Lol, that bit where he praised their grocery store prices was insane. The average American makes over 300% what the average Russian makes in terms of salary.

That guy has dogshit for brains.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why even have a memorial if you can't visit it and pay respects?

[–] Ghostalmedia 64 points 1 year ago

The Navalny memorial at the Wall of Grief is makeshift.

People are paying tribute to him there because the wall is a monument to Stalin era political persecution and Putin is basically doing the same shit.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

As a honeypot to arrest dissenters just like they're doing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I'm not even sure how to define how self-satirical it is that they made a monument to the political victims of repression, which is now where they authorize any kind of demonstration if one is ever allowed, and it's also the spot where they arrest everyone. It's straight out of a joke.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's nice to see that despite our many differences, some thing unite all of us.

ACAB no matter where you live.

[–] HootinNHollerin 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They’ve arrested like 400 ppl across 30 cities, so far