Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says
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Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died, Russian media report, citing the prison service.

Some sources suggest he was taking a walk and suddenly fell to the ground. Very mysterious. Guess they ran out of windows.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, the prison service said.

    Seen as President Vladimir Putin’s most vociferous critic, Navalny was serving a 19-year jail term for offences widely considered politically motivated.

    He was moved to an Arctic penal colony, considered one of the toughest jails, late last year.

    The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said he had “felt unwell” after a walk on Friday.

    The causes of his death were being established, Tass news agency reported.

    This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.

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  • mindbleach
    158·
    9 months ago

    Oh right, this instance’s hot takes are going to be complete nonsense. ‘The tortured opposition leader wasn’t perfect, you guys!’ No kidding. He still gets partial credit for sticking his neck out against a dictator-for-life who routinely murders opposition leaders. Everyone you’d prefer is already fucking dead.

      • mindbleach
        58·
        9 months ago

        But telling you where to shove it would be uncivil.

        The funniest thing I’ve seen on Lemmy was someone insisting socialism is pragmatic and liberals are idealists, because it comes to mind every single god-dang time one of y’all shits all over opposition to outright dictatorship. So long as the dictator is from a country you insist was actually state-capitalist - the real evil is anyone fighting brutal profiteering autocracy, unless they’re ideologically pure.

    • nekandro@lemmy.ml
      78·
      9 months ago

      I used to not understand how Hitler was able to rise to power. Now I do. It just requires more people like you.

      • MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mlEnglish
        51·
        9 months ago

        Oh…was Alexia the Russian leader who, like Hitler, is invading sovereign countries to expand their territory, refuses to tolerate dissent, murders or disappears those who speak out against him, cancels fair elections and then murders his political opponent, and relies on outrageously fake state propaganda and secret police to ensure loyalty?

        Because all of that sounds very Vlad, very Vlad indeed.

      • mindbleach
        42·
        9 months ago

        Everyone who’s not ideologically pure is literally Hitler. You figured out politics and it’s super simple, good job.

        Any liberals in the resistance movements against Hitler were literally Hitler.

        Nobody but your special favorite friends are allowed to oppose a warmongering autocrat currently in power over an invading army.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
        51·
        9 months ago

        He also misspelled Navalny’s name, as OP also did (but the article didn’t), which is even more funny since it shows how much they do know about him and are just joining the yapping chorus of western propaganda.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
          116·
          9 months ago

          I said that because Navalny is a fascist scumbag and a white supremacist. If that’s the sort of people you support then you really need to check your morals.

          • Turbo@lemmy.ml
            310·
            9 months ago

            Um… I doubt a pos would essentially give his life to speak out against the dictator.

            Don’t know enough but he doesn’t seem like the kind of prick that would invade Ukraine

            • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
              72·
              9 months ago

              Even the Ukrainians have been cheering his death. He wasn’t pro-Ukraine, and they weren’t pro-him.

              • Turbo@lemmy.ml
                37·
                9 months ago

                Isn’t anyone better than Putin?

                Maybe I’m just too use to a free country

                • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  The headspace of “anyone is better than Putin” also means that people that are worse are praised. Someone that openly calls Muslims “cockroaches” and extreme nationalism isn’t exactly “better” than Putin’s similar stances on the LGBTQIA+ communities. So it is very possible for Navalny to be worse if given the powers Putin currently has. The real point is that it isn’t a good thing to blindly praise/support everyone that openly attacks Putin as some “hero of freedom” or something like that.