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Alexei Navalny was pronounced dead (lenta.ru)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by andrew_bidlaw to c/[email protected]

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As reported exclusively by russian sources at the moment, he lost consciousness after a walking hour and prison medics were unsuccessful in reanimating him, as per sources in УФСИН (government body regulating prisons and punishment). He was 47 years old at that time. The last time he was heard of he was moved from Moscow-based prison into the IK-3 named Polar Wolf, a penal colony located in a permafrost region near the town of Harp, where he found his end.

No other sources commented on that by now. At that time, there's no independent proof of that or other explanations but the one given by prison authorities.

A fitting reminder is that presidential elections are to be held in 15-17 of March, meaning it happened exactly one month prior to them.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Let's be honest, Navalny was a nationalist right wing scumbag who thought 90s reforms were a good thing. There was zero chance of him ever becoming a prominent political figure in Russia because liberalism is a discredited ideology for most Russians today.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You put so much of your own views into your vision of russian history so I'd like to do the same.

In the 80s USSR was a dying corpse striving for a change. It's dead was pronounced in many ways, from european republics trying to get independence to самиздат and the Leningrad's rock club gaining popularity.

Russian politics in the 90s were all wrong, but not for the reasons you think. There was a wave of privatisation of factories, that could be okay on the paper, but it all ended up by respectable partners buying all of the stonks. That oligarchic rule is what we are struggling with right now. That's the foundation of Putin's Russia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, privatization was the problem, and having lived through it personally, I know what things were like before Putin took over. Calling USSR a dying corpse striving for change is frankly absurd. USSR had problems to be sure, but liberalization was not the solution, and that's precisely what led to privatization and Putin's Russia today. USSR could've taken the route that China took and stayed communist. Liberalism is the actual cancer in Russia today.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Kek. Russia isn't cursed because it chosed the liberal course. It's cursed because it's deeply corrupted, just like China rn.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

😂

[–] andrew_bidlaw 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Are you american or european? I'm russian btw.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I grew up in Russia, and my family moved in late 90s. I currently live in Canada, but I still have relatives in Russia and I'd like to think I have a decent idea of what things are like currently.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 2 points 8 months ago

Are you sure? Let me ask you the basics then. What producer of booze is to never buy from because their products cause a super heavy hangover? You say you are pretty knowledgeable about Russia and that's what all my peers know, so that't fair to ask.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, seriously. I grew up under communism in USSR, and I also lived through the utter hell of the 90s and I'll never forget that. My family was lucky to end up in Canada eventually, but we suffered greatly under liberalisation just like everyone else did.

I love how all libs like you know how to do is sling personal insults and grandstand. You are a truly morally bankrupt bunch. I have nothing else to say to you. It's a good thing your heinous ideology is dying out in Russia.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The ideology that leads you to support people like Navalny who openly advocate violence against minorities and immigrants. Actual communism continues to be popular with a lot of people in Russia, but of course anarchists will fight it tooth and nail while supporting people like Navalny.

Also, nowhere did I say I like what happened to Russia after communism was overthrown. Everything that happened after is an ongoing tragedy. However, at least there's a possibility to move towards a system like China after Putin is gone.

[–] andrew_bidlaw -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Once again I tell you Navalny dropped his nationlistic views to be an organizer of every oppositional take, and he didn't supported outright fascists.

USSR should've died for many reasons, the topmost reason being plutocracy at it's very head, literal thieves funneling money to their pockets, but you are blind to that I guess.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Once again, I tell you that I don't for a second believe that Navalny dropped his racist views, but he did update his branding so people like you could support him more openly. And hope you're happy with what replaced this USSR plutocracy you're moaning about. I guess now you get to openly support fascists like Navalny which USSR didn't let you do.