The oppositon leader had been Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic for more than a decade
  • Collision Resistance@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.

    https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/jan/15/alexei-navalny-profile-vladimir-putin

    Seems like a cool fella. RIP.

    • uis@lemm.eeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      So in 2012 he says that Russia shouldn’t spend money on forcing Chechnya to still be part of Russia. And that Chechen bandits are a problem.

      Later in 2015 Chechen bandits hired by Kadirov(and certanly with Putler’s agreement) kill Nemtsov(oppositioner) right near Kremlin.

      In 2022-present Kadirov’s troops kill Ukrainians.

      Nothing changed. Caucasus is still region where laws don’t work.