Posted on 02/20/2024 3:37:36 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
I follow a lot of Russian language accounts on social media. I first realised something had happened on Friday when I saw a Russian listings magazine post a crying emoji with a picture of the face of Navalny, Russia’s leading opposition figure. This was odd. Their posts were usually apolitical – recently about Rothko in Paris, Timothée Chalamet in Wonka and Prince Charles’s health. News of Alexei Navalny’s death hit the Russian-speaking online world moments before it broke across international media. The very first reaction was cryptic and euphemistic. You could sense the thought behind the responses: Is he really dead? And, if he is, is it OK to protest his death? As the minutes ticked by, one question surfaced: Would people comment on this who wouldn’t usually say anything? *snip* In photographs and videos since his arrest in January 2021 right up to the day before his death was reported, he could be seen laughing, smiling and making a heart sign with his hands. These images can seem surprising but this is a phenomenon Pussy Riot – no strangers to arrest and prison – explained in their photographic exhibition Velvet Terrorism. You make an effort not to present yourself as downbeat or depressed when there are photographers present, even if you are in great pain or feeling hopeless. Because “negative” photos are so easily used to make you appear “guilty” or “suspicious”. Navalny traded instead in hope, transparency and humour.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The mainstream British press is as corrupt and state controlled as their American counterparts.
It's all owned by the same people.
“Gets all worked up about Navalny being supposedly killed in prison, but Epstein? Not so much!”
Yeah, like I don’t see a dozen references to Epstein per week.
it’s long overdue that the Epstein files be released, and that Bill Barr be investigated for the handling of Inmate 76318-054.
Which says nothing about the bravery and murder and martyrdom of Navalny.
Cue Jules Feiffer...
One less neo-Nazi, skinhead working with the CIA on a color revolution makes the world a much better and safer place.
Jack squat
Pretty obvious who the herd is and what direction it's going on THIS subject.
Feb 20, 2024
- Alexei Navalny's political activities were funded by the US government through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as part of an effort to repeat US-backed 2014 Ukraine regime change inside Russia itself;
- The Western media had previously (and reluctantly) revealed Navalny as far-right, racist, and xenophobic despite efforts to pass him off as a progressive pro-democracy activist;
- US government-funded polling agencies consistently found Alexei Navalny extremely unpopular in Russia with single digit approval ratings;
- After an alleged 2020 "Novichok" poisoning, Navalny's popularity "surged" to 20% as the Western media accused Moscow of being behind the incident;
- The US is now exploiting the death of Navalny to advance its anti-Russia policy while the Western media collective omits all relevant context regarding Navalny's background and US funding;
there’s a paywall dummy.
I care more about our border than this left wing trash
Who the heck is behind “The New Atlas”? (source for your video).
Why, it’s Brian Berletic.
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Brian_Berletic
Let the readers decide.
No.
Stalin killed more Jews than Hitler over a longer period of time.
Sorry I see English is not your first language.
The statement is perfectly clear, but perhaps adding some emojis would help your understanding
May read to find out what the BFD with Navalny is.
Epstein was charged with grooming young teens for paid sex work. Navalny was not.
They both were killed while in custody, perhaps by those holding him.
I have read a book by the lawyer who pursued Epstein for 10 years on behalf of his young female victims. Epstein just HAD to have sex 3 times a day. I am inclined to believe the person who suggested he killed himself because he could not stand the loss of that neurotic level of release he needed.
Beating it didn't do it for him, eh? No loss, except his "little black book" hasn't become public.
did he sneak outside and disable the cameras and tell the guards to miss their check-ins and lie about it too? Gee, a sucker is born every day.
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