Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says
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Jailed Russian politician and Putin critics Alexei Navalny has died, Russia's prison service says.

Some sources suggest he was taking a walk and suddenly fell to the ground. Very mysterious. Guess they ran out of windows.

  • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
    102·
    11 months ago

    Even the Ukrainians have been cheering his death. He wasn’t pro-Ukraine, and they weren’t pro-him.

    • Turbo@lemmy.ml
      39·
      11 months ago

      Isn’t anyone better than Putin?

      Maybe I’m just too use to a free country

      • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
        1·
        10 months ago

        The headspace of “anyone is better than Putin” also means that people that are worse are praised. Someone that openly calls Muslims “cockroaches” and extreme nationalism isn’t exactly “better” than Putin’s similar stances on the LGBTQIA+ communities. So it is very possible for Navalny to be worse if given the powers Putin currently has. The real point is that it isn’t a good thing to blindly praise/support everyone that openly attacks Putin as some “hero of freedom” or something like that.