Police officers detain a woman who laid flowers for Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.

Russian authorities say that Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison. He was 47. (AP Photo)

https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=4d98d9afaf84439aa6c35cc824bd6dfc&mediatype=photo

Via: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1avnej3/police_officers_detain_a_woman_who_laid_flowers/

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      The Navalny memorial at the Wall of Grief is makeshift.

      People are paying tribute to him there because the wall is a monument to Stalin era political persecution and Putin is basically doing the same shit.

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      I’m not even sure how to define how self-satirical it is that they made a monument to the political victims of repression, which is now where they authorize any kind of demonstration if one is ever allowed, and it’s also the spot where they arrest everyone. It’s straight out of a joke.

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        There’s European “leaders” and politicians that are total clinging to his dick, too.

        It’s a psychological thing - they are so unsure about their validity and position in this world that they need an aggressive “father figure” to lead and to validate them. They are victims of their horrible childhoods, destined to repeat those traumatic experiences again and again. Includes trump, orban, even putin itself.

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    10 months ago

    It’s nice to see that despite our many differences, some thing unite all of us.

    ACAB no matter where you live.

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    In a 2007 pro-gun rights video, Navalny presents himself as a “certified nationalist” who wants to exterminate “flies and cockroaches” – while bearded Muslim men appear in cutaways. He whips out a gun and shoots an actor wearing a keffiyeh who tried to “attack” him.

    Yeah maybe overt Russian white nationalists shouldn’t be revered and their supporters shouldn’t be given the right to freedom of expression.

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    i can’t imagine she didn’t think she wasn’t going to jail for this

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      Maybe she had her reasons. Maybe she have had enough of all this. Their government tries to cut out the courageous and leave only spineless brainless matter that doesn’t resist.

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    Ya booiiiisss we reddit now!!! EDIT: nevermind it’s just a repost of a reddit thread. Please don’t pollute lemmy with reddit reposts. I quit that shithole site because of crappy posts like this. If it feels like it belongs on the front page of reddit, just post it on reddit instead. (or lemmy world)