The opposition leader, 47, had been Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic for more than a decade and was being held in jail about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle
Yet Navalny’s more nationalist views are troubling. Last year he spoke at the Russky Marsh, where some protesters made Nazi salutes. He has also endorsed a movement called Enough of Feeding the Caucasus, which protests against the theft of state funding but which critics see as xenophobic. And a video that Navalny recorded for Narod several years ago called for arming the population to shoot Chechen bandits.
A sane country doesn’t jail and assassinate dissidents for being dissidents. That’s what’s being criticized here. But, I’ll admit, this guy’s not exactly someone I’d have dined with. Not exactly a surprise to me, but maybe some people didn’t already know.
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/jan/15/alexei-navalny-profile-vladimir-putin
Seems like a cool fella. RIP.
A sane country doesn’t jail and assassinate dissidents for being dissidents. That’s what’s being criticized here. But, I’ll admit, this guy’s not exactly someone I’d have dined with. Not exactly a surprise to me, but maybe some people didn’t already know.
Agree 100%