Feb 16, 2024
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- Alexey Navalny, a Kremlin critic and Putin political opponent, died in a Russian prison, per Russian statements.
- The 2022 documentary “Navalny” featured his message to Russians in case of his death.
- “You’re not allowed to give up,” he says in the video.
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has died in prison, Russia said Friday. In the 2022 documentary, “Navalny,” the man himself had a message for what his death would mean if it ever happened.
“If they decide to kill me, we are incredibly strong,” he said, addressing Russian citizens. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good people to do nothing. So don’t be inactive.”
#Navalny's appeal to Russians in case of his death
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 16, 2024
🎥 Excerpt from the movie "Navalny" by Daniel Rohr, 2022 pic.twitter.com/QET6hQ122V
Opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule, Navalny was serving a 19-year sentence widely seen as politically motivated. He is said to have lost consciousness after taking a walk and was pronounced dead immediately after medics were called, according to Russia’s Federal Prison Service.
“You’re not allowed to give up,” Navalny said in the Daniel Rohr film, adding that “we need to utilize this power to not give up, to remember we are a huge power that is being oppressed by these bad dudes.”
Navalny previously fell ill in 2020 on a flight from Siberia to Moscow. He was taken to Germany, where local medical professionals determined that he had been poisoned by a chemical agent from the Novichok family, a Soviet-era nerve agent.
Navalny blamed the Kremlin, and independent investigations found links to the Russian security services.
Russia refused to investigate and denied claims that Russian leadership was somehow involved with the poisoning. Other incidents of this nature have occurred in the past, such as the Skripal poisonings in the UK that took aim at a former Russian military officer long ago turned spy for the British government. That incident involved the same nerve agent.
Navalny returned to Russia after recovering in Germany and was arrested. He was put in prison in January 2021, and there have long been concerns that Russian authorities would end his life.
https://www.businessinsider.com/video-alexei-navalny-had-a-message-for-russians-if-he-died-2024-2
Unfortunately, despite Navalny’s shortcomings that concern Ukraine, he failed to realize that he is far stronger and more determined than the average drunk ruskie on the street. The average drunk ruskie is happy to have his daily dose of alcohol and wife/child-beating sessions. These are the only freedoms they need. For all they care, Satan himself could rule mafia land.
Right, Mr. Ofp, those boozers don’t care as long as they get their vodka. The late Mikhail Gorbatchev tried to fight alcoholism, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Putin encourages drinking. Especially among his troops, who otherwise may conclude there’s a higher chance of survival in a revolution than in the meat grinders at the front. Morituri te salutant, nastarovye!
Hard to fight alcoholism when you have a drunk like Yeltsin in charge of the country.
Even the runt once tried to combat alcoholism a number of years ago. But, you’re right, Mr. Gray; drinking in the roach army is encouraged. This numbs any attempt to think for yourself.
Unfortunately, he’ll be forgotten about in a week. Once the propagandists have attacked him, nobody will ever mention his name again. Just like Nemtsov, he died for nothing, the sheep are too stupid to see reality in mafia land.
That’s also exactly what I expect. Here today, gone tomorrow.