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Alexei Navalny has died

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Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by belter »

KingOfCoders wrote: post #54
belter wrote: post #34

A little reminder of what Putin has been up to in the last few years. - Annexation of Crimea (2014) - MH17 Downing (2014) - Intervention in Syria - 2016 U.S. Election Interference - Skripal Poisoning (2018) - Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws - Navalny Poisoning (2020) - Wagner Group Activities - Invasion of Ukraine (2022) - Killing of Yevgeny Prigozhin (2023) - Killing of Alexei Navalny (2024) What is necessary for US and European L…

- Invasion & Second Chechen War (1999) - Invasion in Georgia (2008)

Yeah, it's so many, would need the Spreadsheet of Death...

Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by jacquesm »

timeon wrote: post #49
merpkz wrote: post #41

So in latest news, last opposition figure in Russia dies together with any hope for regime change while Russia's war effort is starting to get some traction with it's overwhelming man power and Ukraine is forced to cede more territory all while west is busy either with it's in-fighting or comparing each others superior GDP and how Russia will crumble just any day now (TM). Man, are we in for a ride next decade in Eur…

> west is busy either with it's in-fighting or comparing each others superior Also slowly folding. It is not happening only in little countries like Slovakia. US has relevant party that is now openly pro-Putin.

You have to wonder about the sanity of people that are in love with power for power's sake.

Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by the-dude »

ivan_gammel wrote: post #46
0xdeafbeef wrote: post #2

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence said on Friday.

This is the Biden‘s red line, just like Syria was the red line for Obama. In 2021 he promised dangerous consequences for Russia if Navalny dies.

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Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by bitcharmer »

carlos-menezes wrote: post #50

I don't understand why he went back to Russia --- on principle, maybe? Regardless, it wasn't worth it. He could and should have stayed in the West and pumped out anti-regime content: he would have achieved much more. Rest in peace.

GRU threatened his family. He did that to save them.

Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by sidibe »

jacquesm wrote: post #60

I wonder how the Kremlin apologists will spin this one. I find it unbelievable that someone like Putin seems to inspire people that are nominally far outside of his sphere of influence in spite of decades of mass murder leading an empire run by criminals.

Being "anti-woke" gives you infinite leeway for many people

Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by ethanbond »

Clubber wrote: post #38

People calling for the US to do more against Russia, be careful what you wish for. You have no idea how close the US is to a draft. The US has been woefully low at filling military recruiting quotas. Keep in mind both presidents during WWI and WWII campaigned to keep us out of those wars. Any major conflict like that will most certainly require a draft. Better keep your saber rattling to a minimum. Though the percent…

Uhhh that’s why it’s better to fund Ukraine to fight the battle for us before it’s actually on NATO’s doorstep. Not that confusing.

Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by lm28469 »

merpkz wrote: post #41

So in latest news, last opposition figure in Russia dies together with any hope for regime change while Russia's war effort is starting to get some traction with it's overwhelming man power and Ukraine is forced to cede more territory all while west is busy either with it's in-fighting or comparing each others superior GDP and how Russia will crumble just any day now (TM). Man, are we in for a ride next decade in Eur…

> I would have never believed all this just a few years ago, how it will go down.

The writing is on the wall for a while now, the only problem is that people talking about it are promptly labeled as not worthy of being listened to

Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by kergonath »

ngetchell wrote: post #10

I can't believe any American would carried Putin's water after the treatment of Alexei Navalny.

If the various other opposition figures were not enough, there is no reason Navalny will be. Litvinenko’s assassination was not that long ago, and yet there were many since then.

Re: Alexei Navalny has died

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Post by jacquesm »

I_am_tiberius wrote: post #4

Unbelievable. The world just watches.

Yes, it is unbelievable. But better believe it anyway because it is a very harsh reality and if we keep pretending it won't affect us then it eventually definitely will. Russia should be kicked off the net and out of the UN for this stuff, unfortunately there are enough other countries run by similar characters (possibly with more polish) that will continue to enable him.
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