Alexei Navalny (click here) was transferred from Omsk, Russia to a hospital in Berlin on Saturday
Alexei Navalny's body must be turned over to his wife for proper services and burial. Unfortunately, that means he will be buried outside of Russia. There is no way she can return to the forsaken country. There is leadership in Russia. The people are not safe under the leadership that exists. The leadership is perverted and dangerous even to the Russian people.
Former President Trump (click here) made his first comments on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, comparing the situation to his own ongoing legal problems.
Trump is all about money, illegal, immoral or any way he can get it. He wants Russian money to help bail him out of his downward financial spiral. He would no more aspire to be a challenge to Putin's regime than he would back a brave man such as the Late Alexei Navalny.
The situation surrounding Navalny’s death — and the aftermath — is raising questions about Russia and President Vladimir Putin.
Mourners have been detained: At least 366 people were detained in Russia over the weekend for mourning Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death, according to The New York Times. The AP photo above shows a man detained while laying flowers at a Navalny memorial in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The situation surrounding Navalny’s death — and the aftermath — is raising questions about Russia and President Vladimir Putin.
All eyes are on Russia following the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Mourners have been detained: At least 366 people were detained in Russia over the weekend for mourning Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death, according to The New York Times. The AP photo above shows a man detained while laying flowers at a Navalny memorial in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Mourners are not allowed to mourn in Russia. They should fear they will be in IK-3 prison for the beliefs they hold dear and the leader they loved.
This is so outrageous. Alexei Navalny was a Russian citizen and had ambitions that would bring him to the attempt a run for the presidency. There is nothing wrong with any of those ambitions. They are normal in every way. The Late Alexei Navalny was a lawyer. What a better place for him but the politics of hope?
There was nothing radical about his agenda as a politician. He opposed corruption. He wanted his government cleansed of the corruption that oppressed the people while making a small circle of Putin loyalists wealthy.
Navalny’s wife pledged to fight against Putin: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that she would continue her late husband’s work and fight Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Excerpt: “By killing Alexei, Putin killed half of me, half of my heart and my soul. But I still have the other half, and it tells me that I have no right to give up,” she said in a video posted on her husband’s YouTube channel....
Navalny’s wife pledged to fight against Putin: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that she would continue her late husband’s work and fight Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Excerpt: “By killing Alexei, Putin killed half of me, half of my heart and my soul. But I still have the other half, and it tells me that I have no right to give up,” she said in a video posted on her husband’s YouTube channel....
It is normally the wife that receives the body and prepares the proper services and burial. There is no reason why the Late Alexei Navalny could not be flown to his wife while accompanied by his mother and any other relatives to properly bury him.
The Late Alexei Navalny was never alone in his desire for change in Russia. He was a member Russian Opposition Coordination Council. Navalny was a concensus builder. There is every reason to believe the Russian people do not want their current leadership. The people believed in a different Russia. I sincerely do not see the Late Alexie Navalny disappearing over time. He was the new Russia.
I understand why the word dissident is used to describe him, but, he was not a loner with an empty cause. I do not think of him at all as a dissident. I think of him as a visionary. He understood the hopes of the Russian people. He used mainstream methods to bring about a path forward. There was really very little radical about him. By every measure, the Late Alexei Navalny was a legitimate alternative to the communist regime under Putin. He was the hope of the people. This taking of a political leader in Russia is something that is very troublesome. He was not a westernized idol to convert the Russian people to dictates of democracy. He was a son of Russia. A brilliant man. He loved his country and the people. This is a profound injustice to him, his family, the Russian people, and humanity.
The Late Alexei Navalny was somebody. He was a very important somebody. He went back to Russia to finish the path he started. He would not be deterred from the reality and vision he knew.
February 19, 2024
By Ivan Fomin
...Navalny (click here) consistently exposed new weak spots of Putin's regime and looked for ways to exploit them. In particular, he became a noticeable political figure after using Russian legislation on government procurement to conduct prominent anti-corruption investigations. His RosPil project invited the public to scrutinize public documents for evidence of corruption. Other projects that Navalny launched early in his career, such as RosYama or RosZhKH, were based on the same principle, empowering Russian citizens dissatisfied with the authorities due to the poor quality of the country's infrastructure.
A decade later, in 2019, following a similar principle, Navalny managed to leverage the labor rights agenda. The Teachers' Alliance and Doctors' Alliance, members of the trade union association he created, became visible political actors in Russia.
Navalny was also very open-minded about who he entered into coalitions with, to the point of attracting criticism. He chose diverse partners throughout his career, guided not so much by ideological affinity as by the extent to which they could open up new opportunities for his struggle. His political career started in the Russian social-liberal party Yabloko in 2000. In 2007, he co-founded the national-democratic movement NAROD, together with prominent Russian nationalists.
During the protests of 2011-2012, Navalny coordinated actions with various liberal, nationalist, and socialist forces. He also contributed to creating the Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition to unite a broad spectrum of politicians, from right-wing to left-wing ones. In 2013, he was nominated as a candidate in the Moscow mayoral elections by the liberal....
The Russian prisons and judicial system is inhumane. The judicial system is more or less an extension of the communist party that intends to exert control and not justice.
The Late Alexei Navalny spoke of the inmates placed in his cell with him. They were primarily insane. One man did nothing but scream for hours and hours, only stopping during the night for a few hours. Setting aside the harsh conditions and the fact Navalny was imprisoned there, that screaming inmate was in pain, emotional and psychological pain. There was no treatment for him to relieve him of his distress? The Russian penial system should be scrutinized to bring about a system of reform and mental health, not persecution and hatred. Navalny was hated. All his legal proceedings proved that the communists were in control and they decided his outcomes.
...Last year, (click here) the Federal Antimonopoly Service also included IK-3 — which can house up to 1,050 prisoners, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service — on its register of unreliable contractors.
Other prisoners reported experiencing “psychological stress” due to their conditions, Vyorstka said.
Some even accused prison guards of torture.
“When prisoners enter the colony, they are taken to the bathhouse. When a person undresses and goes to wash, the water is turned off and people in masks come in and start beating him. With me, this lasted for about half an hour. There were about 15 people — both prisoners and employees,” said convict Mikho Khulilidze, who served his prison term in IK-3.
“They put me on the floor and beat me with batons and fists on my buttocks, my head, my face, my ribs. They did not provide any medical assistance,” Khulilidze said....
The Late Alexei Navalny loved being Russian. He loved the people. He is missed and will be missed for time unending. Russia has a new hero and it is the Late Alexei Navalny. He would be more than pleased to be that icon to the people.
