Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Arrested ... Again

a reply to: DerBeobachter

In attempting to character assassinate Alexei Navalny you should not select Russian state-owned media as the source of "evidence". Alexei Navalny was accused of holocaust remarks, but have challenged the narrative as a smear campaign.

Alexei Navalny stands on a platform of anti-corruption. As Putin's Russia is one of the most corrupt countries in the world it ain't no surprise that he's a target of smears.

Check the source before you post "evidence", because some of us see through Russian propaganda that rely on the adage "... it must be true I watched on YouTube" for our facts.

Now, Alexei Navalny won't be allowed to stand at the next Russian election, so he's trying to encourage a boycott. The thing that authoritarians fear is a lack of turnout for their 99% vote.

Alexei Navalny's spokeswoman has today been jailed for 5 days for calling for an unsanctioned protest while co-hosting a webcast somewhere outside of Russia , her co-host was given 8 days.

A Moscow court ruled late Wednesday that both were guilty of calling for unsanctioned protests when they re-tweeted Navalny's video. The judge said the tweets aimed to "create a negative image of one of the presidential candidates." Yarmysh was sentenced to five days in custody, Shaveddinov to eight.
www.cp24.com...

No news on the fate of her boss yet.

Apparently the media that is sympathetic to him that showed up to cover the protests were "arrested" by the police and instead were driven around town so they could not cover it.

The soviet union collapsed and the reincarnation Putin is trying to make will also.

originally posted by: paraphi
a reply to: DerBeobachter

Alexei Navalny stands on a platform of anti-corruption. As Putin's Russia is one of the most corrupt countries in the world it ain't no surprise that he's a target of smears.

And as always leader in corruption race are ..... USA, USA, USA