Posted on 03/22/2022 9:38:02 AM PDT by Conservat1
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday convicted top opposition leader Alexei Navalny of fraud and contempt of court, sentencing him to nine more years in prison in a move that was seen as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s biggest foe behind bars for as long as possible.
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American Democrats are so jealous of Putin with regard to this.
AOC & Co. For sure.
Pelosi, Schumer, Swalwell, DNC, etc. taking notes . . .
Sounds like a J6 defendant.
Ok Putinistas, please explain the difference between the USSR and “Russia” again.
Freedom of press? Nope.
Freedom of assembly? Nope.
Viable “opposition” parties? Nope.
Leader stays until death? Yup.
You mean Swalwell as in sexual relatons with a Chinese spy...
Ok Putinistas, please explain the difference between the USSR and “Russia” again.
Freedom of press? Nope.
Freedom of assembly? Nope.
Viable “opposition” parties? Nope.
Leader stays until death? Yup.
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Now do the US vs Russia.
Russia is a psudeo-capitalist kleptocracy.
The USSR was a communist kleptocracy.
Navalny is just another kleptocrat who stole from a higher ranking kleptocrat.
If you did your homework, you’d realize not that much different from the US. Much of what is considered a lack of freedom of press has been Putin-allied people buying up all the media and controlling the narrative. Sound familiar? Again, maybe it is time to get off the high horse and focus on abuse of civil liberties at home.
"President Vladimir Putin’s biggest foe behind bars for as long as possible."
Could be Putin's "last hurrah". Seems like the Russian people are getting tired of this tyrant and may replace him with a newer and improved one. (Tyrant, that is.)
Kinda sounds like the USA...except that last point....SO FAR.
The real victims in all this are Ukrainian and Russian civilians.
You are not making your point.
Putin isn’t the one who threatened to fire me from my job for refusing to get HIV-AIDS jab.
Putin isn’t the one who ordered my church to close its doors for nearly two years.
Putin isn’t the one who ordered my neighborhood restaurant, cinema and gym locked up due to a fake pandemic.
Putin isn’t the one who ordered Jan 6th protesters to be thrown in prison without a single charge.
If you got a problem with the evil, ruthless corruption of Putin then look outside your window.
He’s more Jack Woltz from ‘The Godfather’.
The Marxist USSR is long gone, and Russia is not pushing a global, post-modern, collectivist ideology nor is it trying to undermine regimes around the world with that ideology in support of its empire. There’s a new neo-marxist globalist ideology being promoted out there - but where is centered?
Who is promoting global open borders?
Who is promoting global multi-culturalism?
Who is promoting global homosexual rights?
Who is promoting global anti-Christianity?
Who is promoting global controlled media?
Who is promoting global climate change controls?
Who is promoting global abortion “rights?”
Who is promoting global top-down color-revolution?
You are such an evangelical for freedom of press, leaders who do not stay for life, freedom of assembly? How about starting here in the USA?
Hillary Clinton?
Joe Biden?
I don’t see that at all. He doesn’t have any power like a movie producer.
Actually, that is a ridiculous comparison. What Putin is Johnny Fontane? Navalny doesn’t have any power, he’s just a convenient scapegoat.
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