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Who is Alexei Navalny and why is he on trial again?
Channel News Asia ^ | 04 Aug 2023

Posted on 08/04/2023 2:33:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that he expects to see his prison sentence extended by nearly two decades on Friday (Aug 4) when a court delivers its verdict on a battery of new charges against him. Who is he and how did he get to this point?

OPPOSITION LEADER

Navalny, 47, is by far the best known figure in Russia's splintered opposition, with supporters casting him as a Nelson Mandela-style figure who will one day be freed from jail to lead the country. The Kremlin has tried to portray him as politically irrelevant, and President Vladimir Putin makes a point of never speaking his name.

Navalny earned admiration around the world for voluntarily returning to Russia in 2021 from Germany, where he underwent treatment for what Western laboratory tests showed was an attempt to poison him with a nerve agent in Siberia. He was immediately arrested on arrival.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: dissent; donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump; navalny; russia
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Paid opposition?
1 posted on 08/04/2023 2:33:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Navalny is our governments man - most know that.


2 posted on 08/04/2023 2:57:45 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: nickcarraway

....”Paid opposition?”....

Yep...like Zelensky is for Ukraine.


3 posted on 08/04/2023 2:59:03 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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US intelligence plant. His daughter is attending Stanford for free. How did that happen?

The Russians I see online despise him and are supporting Trump.
They say Trump did nothing wrong but Navalny broke a lot of Russian laws.

I saw today short videos of anti_Trump protesters posted on a Russian site. The comment was
“they look just as you expect them to look”

Made me laugh.

They call Navalny a foreign agent.


4 posted on 08/04/2023 3:15:21 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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To: caww

The EU is calling for his immediate release.

Nuff said.


5 posted on 08/04/2023 3:17:56 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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He's a Soros and Deep State puppet.

We fomented an illegal coup in Ukraine. We tried it Belarus. So, the Russians have good reason to believe we'll use someone like Navalny to foment one in Russia.

6 posted on 08/04/2023 3:46:12 PM PDT by Kazan
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Like most on this thread, I DO NOT let the Western Media tell me who I should support, or who I should feel sorry for.

I’m perfectly capable of looking at the FACTS and drawing my own conclusions. Unfortunately that’s not true for a handful of FReepers and much of the American public...they, obviously, do what the Leftists/Media demands.


7 posted on 08/04/2023 5:48:02 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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That’s B.S. He may or may not be working for Putin.


8 posted on 08/04/2023 5:48:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MarMema
His daughter is attending Stanford for free.

That proves he isn't working for the U.S.B government. Stanford would not do any favors for the U.S. govt. China yes, U.S. no.

9 posted on 08/04/2023 5:50:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Remember, Putin intervened in the U.S. elections to get Obama, Hillary, and Trump elected. Obama told Putin he would do whatever he wanted, after he got reelected.
10 posted on 08/04/2023 5:52:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Why do you do what the leftist media commands?


11 posted on 08/04/2023 5:54:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“Why do you do what the leftist media commands?”

Can you name an example? I can name 50 or so that go the other way.


12 posted on 08/04/2023 5:56:19 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t believe Putin did that.
Turn off your tv.


13 posted on 08/04/2023 5:57:51 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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What makes you think Stanford had to do it? Maybe the state dept paid the tuition.


14 posted on 08/04/2023 5:58:59 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas)
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I don’t believe Putin did that.

So you believe the Democrats lie that Putin helped Trump? Sorry, it's been debunked. Turn off your tv.

I haven't watched TV news in 20 years. But I happen to know the TV news repeated your lie that Putin helped Trump.

15 posted on 08/04/2023 6:00:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Obama: "After my election, I have more flexibility"

Obama was 100% behind Putin.

16 posted on 08/04/2023 6:04:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: BobL

You supported the worst war in U.S. history - 20 years for it an nothing to show for your war in Afghanistan. And the war in Yemen, and bombing of Syria and Iran.


17 posted on 08/04/2023 6:05:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Putin sucks.


18 posted on 08/04/2023 6:06:37 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s assuredly NOT working for Putin.


19 posted on 08/04/2023 6:09:19 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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Navalny was previously sentences three times for using the government position to defraud a regional treasury, as an accessory in bribery by his brother who was a head of government agency, and for stealing campaign donations.
All cases are rock solid.
So, exactly a person the CIA would pick to lead “popular” opposition.
The problem is that nobody in Russia views him like this. His rating was 5% max, and 70% consider him a paid shill of the foreign interests.


20 posted on 08/04/2023 6:09:40 PM PDT by NorseViking
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