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AFAIK Navalny is pretty irrelevant in Russia itself, he's much bigger in the West. Also I don't think that unrest in Kazakhstan was anti-Russian, the old dicta

AFAIK Navalny is pretty irrelevant in Russia itself, he's much bigger in the West. Also I don't think that unrest in Kazakhstan was anti-Russian, the old dictator was actually moving away from the Russian sphere of influence.

NicoJuicy 5y ago
As far as I'm aware, Navalny succeeded in a loophole that didn't caught the eye of the government with 'Smart Voting'. Which made him "internal enemy #1" at the time, as it wasn't a vote "for a particular political party", but against the current one. https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-regional-elections-bring-rare-win-for-alexei-navalny-kremlin-opposition/ https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-regional-elections-br... https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-09-14/explainer-how-navalny-election-tool-challenges-the-kremlin https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-09-14/explai... (first google result i could find) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Voting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Voting Concerning Kazakhstan, I didn't say the unrest was anti-Russian, though I see why it could be misinterpreted. I think Russia jumped in to affirm that it's useful to have them as an 'ally'. At least that was my gist of it. But I didn't follow that in detail. https://www.economist.com/asia/kazakhstans-president-vows-to-cling-on-despite-nationwide-protests/21807017 https://www.economist.com/asia/kazakhstans-president-vows-to... Edit: Fixed an error about Smart Voting.