Navalny, one of the leading Russian voices against Vladimir Putin before he was locked up, has now been convicted of promoting "extremism."

A Russian " " court " " on Friday issued its verdict in a new case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, convicting the politician of promoting “extremism” and extending his time in prison by 19 years, according to Russian state media and his own team.

  • Jaysyn@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    When I found out that Navalny wasn’t against the invasion of Ukraine I stopped caring about what happened to him.

    Navalny advised Ukrainians not to deceive themselves: “Crimea will remain part of Russia and will never become part of Ukraine again in the foreseeable future”.

    He also said that when he becomes president of the Russian Federation, he will not return the semi-island to Kyiv: “Crimea is what, a sandwich with sausage to be returned here and there?”, - Navalny asked.

    Fuck Putin, fuck Navalny & fuck Russia in general.

    • elevenant@kbin.social
      0·
      11 months ago

      Do you have a source?
      At least a quick search on my side does not bring up anything in support of your statement.

      • Cleverdawny@lemm.eeEnglish
        0·
        11 months ago

        Yeah

        He’s better than Putin in that a turd sandwich is better than a firehose full of raw sewage to the face

        But honestly, if someone put him in power, I’m 50/50 over whether he would just become the next Russian dictator

        • ikiru@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          50/50? I feel like there’s a 90% chance they will be and I think that’s a conservative estimate.

    • carbonprop@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I think him being concerned with the economics of a war rather than the ethics of it are telling. However here is a quote from Navalny in March. Seems like he is somewhat on a middle ground. Not sure what to think of him.

      Navalny wrote that Ukraine’s borders are “similar to Russia’s—[they were] internationally recognized and defined in 1991.” All of the areas of Ukraine that the Kremlin has supposedly “annexed” are, by right and by law, still Ukrainian, including Crimea.Mar 2, 2023

      • Jaysyn@kbin.social
        04·
        11 months ago

        And in 2014 he said:

        Navalny advised Ukrainians not to deceive themselves: “Crimea will remain part of Russia and will never become part of Ukraine again in the foreseeable future”.

        He also said that when he becomes president of the Russian Federation, he will not return the semi-island to Kyiv: “Crimea is what, a sandwich with sausage to be returned here and there?”, - Navalny asked.

    • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      Uh that seems like a pretty absolutist world view. You can simultaneously think that the invasion of Ukraine is terrible, and care that a Russian man is being jailed for nearly twenty years by a kangaroo court.

      • Jaysyn@kbin.social
        05·
        11 months ago

        He’s a Russian politician, I could care less about what happens to him, especially after reading his previous views on Crimea.

    • 1chemistdown@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      I’m not calling you a liar, but maybe misinformed.

      Russia’s prominent jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal against a nine-year prison term, but not before launching a scathing attack on the war in Ukraine.
      Condemning Vladimir Putin’s war as stupid, he said it was “like your courts, built entirely on lies”.

      “You will suffer a historic defeat in this stupid war that you started. It has no purpose or meaning. Why are we fighting a war?” he said.

      • Jaysyn@kbin.social
        04·
        11 months ago

        He’s against it now because it’s showing Russia as the alcoholic morons they are.