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Russia needs to find a new identity. Someone like Navalny might have led it out of the blind alley it was in. I still hope after Putin dies there is some good c

• wiseowise 10mo ago
  No, Navalny was never “the guy”, he’s literally jokingly referred to as “the buterbrod” (sandwich) because of his comments about Crimea (“Crimea is not a sandwich to be passed around” in the context of “returning” Crimea to Ukraine). “Russian liberalism stops at the border of Ukraine”
  • aleksi 9mo ago
    You omit the fact that he took those words back and said “Crimea is Ukraine” while being in prison, knowing well it will not make his life (and death) easier
• anticodon 10mo ago
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  • benterix 10mo ago
    > Navalny was dumb and nazi. He was called worse names. Nevrtheless, he did something past Russian heroes did: voluntarily sacrificed his life. He knew Putin will kill him but decided to go back anyway. Yes, you may say it "dumb". But the mere existence of such a strong spirit gives me hope that someone else who actually cares for Russians, for their wellbeing, for their future, can actually undo all this mess Putin got Russia into.
    • koiueo 9mo ago
      And that was the best thing navalny ever done -- minus one imperialistic russian bastard. I really hope his loyal beloved wife soon follows his footsteps instead of spreading imperialistic russian propaganda.
  • ajmurmann 9mo ago
    > He and his cohort were sponsored by the West and the West clearly loves Russian people and wish us the best possible future, yeah, we believe. Why do you not believe this? As someone who identifies as Western, I want for all people's to prosper. I don't think I've ever talked to anyone in Europe or the US who had it out for Russians. All resentment send exclusively be towards nationalists.
    • brabel 9mo ago
      For the same reason no one in the West believed Putin when he said expanding NATO was not necessary since Russia was not the enemy anymore. The West still wanted to allow ex Soviet countries to join NATO even if that would cause hostility from Russia. It really is a self fulfilling prophecy caused by mistrust from both sides. It’s always so easy to blame only one side when you’re strongly biased towards one of the sides, but if you look at it from a neutral perspective, clearly both sides behaved in a way as to make the current situation completely unavoidable. And neither is willing to make a change now and will just double down until one side is completely defeated. Russia alone has no chance, but if when shit hits the fan its BRICS friends continue to back it up, we may be heading to something even more disastrous than WWII. I am not optimistic.
      • CamperBob2 9mo ago
        "I only broke into your house because you threatened to join the neighborhood watch" isn't the apology you were perhaps reaching for.
        • brabel 9mo ago
          Yes it is if it was the case that the whole purpose of the neighborhood watch was to contain me, and breaking into your house was in my view the best defense against allowing you to contain me.
          • CamperBob2 9mo ago
            "Contain", LOL. Contain yourself.