Looks completely farcical compared to putin's instrumental use of nationalism. — The Opposite
https://navalny.livejournal.com/274456.htmlRussia should take the following steps (at least):
1. Provide serious military and financial assistance to South Ossetia and Abkhazia (to the extent that Abkhazia is ready to actually fight in South Ossetia).
2. Declare South Ossetia a non-flying zone and immediately shoot down all aircraft that are in this zone.
3. To declare a complete blockade of Georgia. Stop any communication with her.
4. To expel from the Russian Federation all citizens of Georgia who are on our territory.
In the future, act according to the situation, but at the same time be aware that of course you really want to fire a cruise missile at the general staff of rodents, but the rodents are just waiting for this. — Navalny, 2008, through Google Translate
Wasn't social media around during the Arab Spring? Russian youth have had the net for a long time.Social media; apps like Tiktok are helping mobilize Russia's younger demographic against putin's regime. — The Opposite
One fact to notice is that actually the Russian Opposition to Putin aren't actually very Pro-Western, or at least aren't politically correct when viewed from the West. It shows the distrust or suspicion Russians do have towards the West. Nemtsov had been a deputy prime minister during the Yeltsin years and an outspoke critic of Putin, while Navalnyi I think hasn't held office. — ssu
Nemtsov was the only Russian politician who stood together with Ukrainians in the frosty Maidan of 2004 together with the then leaders, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko. For some Ukrainian politicians, his engagement with this country was even too much. In 2005, Oleg Tyagnibok, then a little-known right-wing politician, proposed to the Verkhovna Rada a measure that would prevent Nemtsov from continuing to serve as an official adviser to the president, since this position would be tantamount to interference in the internal affairs of Ukraine. Nemtsov was among the first critics of the Minsk agreements as inoperative, and called for Ukraine to wall off the breakaway regions in the Donbas.
Russian opposition towards Putin aren't stooges of the West — ssu
What do you mean? — The Opposite
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