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He's a stone cold killer. Former KGB. Rose to power by bombing a building and blaming it on the Muslims ( as if they needed any encouragement). Poisoned at least two or three people with polonium. Locks up or " disappears" dissidents including girl band ***** riot.
Great guy. Think I'll have him over for dinner. He'd be ill-advised to drink the proffered wine though.
This opinion would be unanimous if not for the Russian collusion investigation.
George Bush was speaking to Colin Powell after meeting Putin for the first time and and the ever-friendly Bush said " When I looked into his eyes I saw his soul." General Powell replied, " All due respect sir, but when I looked into his eyes, I saw the KGB"
I think he is as "bad" (a value judgement there) as Trump. However, he is more autocratic and not as constrained by his government nor as beholden to outside forces as Trump.
In that respect, he has a lot more power over Russia's resources, economic and military. More dangerous in terms of influence for that reason.
Navalny is in a very tough spot at this point in time.
To begin with - he is not a very popular politician among Russians.
So once he was barred from participating in elections, he was calling for the boycott of elections.
However the guy that the CPRF ( and the rest of the "left") have appointed for presidential race, is taking a lot of Navalny's voters in his camp, since he is rooting for small-medium business as well. And the left are calling people to get out and vote, warning that "if you don't vote, your bulletins will be used by Putin."
So all this makes Navalny desperate, and that's why he is asking for trouble, bringing HIS followers on the streets. He is already playing va banque from what I can see...
I think he's a Russian Nationalist in the same way Trump is an American Nationalist. I've got nothing against Putin in fact, if it were actually true that he helped elect Trump, I would thank him.
Navalny is in a very tough spot at this point in time.
To begin with - he is not a very popular politician among Russians.
So once he was barred from participating in elections, he was calling for the boycott of elections.
However the guy that the CPRF ( and the rest of the "left") have appointed for presidential race, is taking a lot of Navalny's voters in his camp, since he is rooting for small-medium business as well. And the left are calling people to get out and vote, warning that "if you don't vote, your bulletins will be used by Putin."
So all this makes Navalny desperate, and that's why he is asking for trouble, bringing HIS followers on the streets. He is already playing va banque from what I can see...
So - he engineered his own arrest? Is that the bill of goods you're peddling?
So - he engineered his own arrest? Is that the bill of goods you're peddling?
Yes, that's the bill of goods I am peddling more or less.
Navalny already knows that he has no chance to run for president, he knows that his support is not all that big, and he won't get any reinforcement from the "left" forces as it used to be before. Because he already betrayed Sergey Udaltsov, who stood with him side by side during previous protests. ( Udaltsov talked about it all, once he was set free from jail where he spent few years.)
So why Navalny even bothers?
It's obvious that his actions will do no good to anyone, since the biggest part of Putin's opposition is running the election campaign the legal way, and calling people to vote, against Navalny's appeals to ignore the elections.
Therefore why is he there, instigating the mass protest, for anything other than *engineering his own arrest?*
But then, again, may be his American overseers are paying him for these actions?
I really don't know.
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