Thank you for reposting. I'd love to see your commentary on Navalny.
As an American living in Russia I am struck by how US propaganda on Navalny tells so many lies. For example, it never mentions Navalny's career as a vicious, racist, nationalist politician for the "Narod" (The People) party. To this day on youtube you can see a video he posted comparing Muslims and immigrants to cockroaches where Navalny personally shoots a "Muslim" and then proudly displays the pistol he used with his trademarked, American-style "winning" smile.
But of course you never get any of that reported by US media, just like they don't report Navalny's work as a paid US agent luring weak-minded Russia haters (mercifully few of those in Moscow) into "protests", or his career embezzling money from would-be partners.
But he did strike a chord with his attempts to get political traction by calling out corruption. Had he himself not been so personally corrupt and so obviously a deceptive opportunist he could have played a positive role in helping Russia rebuild the institutions and culture that many years of Communism destroyed.
Thank you for reposting. I'd love to see your commentary on Navalny.
As an American living in Russia I am struck by how US propaganda on Navalny tells so many lies. For example, it never mentions Navalny's career as a vicious, racist, nationalist politician for the "Narod" (The People) party. To this day on youtube you can see a video he posted comparing Muslims and immigrants to cockroaches where Navalny personally shoots a "Muslim" and then proudly displays the pistol he used with his trademarked, American-style "winning" smile.
But of course you never get any of that reported by US media, just like they don't report Navalny's work as a paid US agent luring weak-minded Russia haters (mercifully few of those in Moscow) into "protests", or his career embezzling money from would-be partners.
But he did strike a chord with his attempts to get political traction by calling out corruption. Had he himself not been so personally corrupt and so obviously a deceptive opportunist he could have played a positive role in helping Russia rebuild the institutions and culture that many years of Communism destroyed.
But Navalny....!