Very risky time now for Russia. These kind of things can be the spark that leads to more civil unrest, open protests and revolts. 2 weeks till election... May Putin live in interesting times.
This is why Putin is afraid of the elections. Not because he needs to adhere to the result, but because it can be a catalyst for protests. And protests are a feedback loop where the more people are protesting, the more safe it is for more people to also protest. I hope the Russian people can get rid of their leaders and stop the war they don't want.
The 'election' is really to show everybody that Putin is roughly representing the will of the Russian people. As soon as that goes away, it becomes much easier not only to protest, but also to coupe aganinst Putin.
So far it has been a massive failure. 100k signatures for an anti war canidate and now Nawalny causing trouble. Even worse not nationalist Nawalny, but one that can not say anything stupid.
The vast majority of Russians respond to polls saying they support the war and Putin. The actual margin is much more thin. But unfortunately there are still many many Russians who support the war.
Over 10k reportedly, with obstacles in place. For Russia where everyone there could be jailed, disappeared, or sent to the front line as cannon fodder, this is about as statistically significant as anything we've seen since the early days of the war
In a powerful display of solidarity and defiance, over 10,000 individuals gathered outside a church in Moscow today for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Chanting slogans such as "Alexei" and "We are not afraid," mourners paid their respects to Navalny, who died in prison on February 16.
Blatant misrepresentation of his position. You probably also love mentioning his "cockroaches" video while ignoring the immigration issues, terrorism and problems with Chechnya as the context of the time, as well as not mentioning his second video released at around the same time where he explicitly calls out the far right and argues against violence. Navalny explained multiple times that he attends the march in an attempt to make it better and steer it away from senseless violent rhetoric of those who are cut into the video you posted inbetween clips with him. You mentioned that you speak Russian fluently, so here's his interview from 2011 where he explains his position regarding nationalism in more detail.
From what I've seen from the cemetery I'd say thousands of people easily. Seeing these Patriots willing to come out gives me a modicum of hope for Russia.
most shouted "russia without putin". lets go big: world without russia!
the russian shitnation has caused so much trouble around the world.
sometimes countries (like germany where i live) need to take a break by being broken.
i think there is no need for a russian nation if their ppl are so weak and brainwashed like right now.
nothing is lost with russia. no culture, no good sportsmen, no products...there is nothing specifically russian that is of value. buy oil/gas elsewhere. russia is just obsolete. wipe belarus too while youre at it.
well i am too young for that but we got history classes and so we saw enough videos and being happy about nürnberg. lets hope there will be a nürnberg for the russian agressor.