“No war!” at the Borisovsky cemetery in Moscow
Video: BBC Russian Service
“He was not afraid, and we are not afraid!”, “Yulia, we are with you,” chant those who came to ask for Navalny.
https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en/31006
The crowd chants “Putin is a murderer!” - Russian media.
“Putin killed him, but didn’t break him,” - this is the poster hung on a tree on Borisovskie Prudy Street
“Bring the soldiers home!”, “Ukrainians are good people,” chant those gathered at the Borisov cemetery
People also turned on flashlights in memory of Navalny.
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.
Looks like some idiot created a martyr. Good to see this. Hopefully it leads to Putler getting wrecked.
Massive Turnout at Navalny’s Funeral Despite Obstacles from the Kremlin, people shouting ‘no to war’ and ‘Putin is a killer’ (article includes videos)
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.
@0x815 @LaFinlandia
He was Russia’s Best Hope.
https://youtu.be/Bk_YXrbsXEI?si=Lrpa7eNIRiB3eaq9
@andyburke @LaFinlandia @0x815
Absolutely.
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.
And before you mention it:
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.
@JohnDClay @LaFinlandia
The vast majority of Russians support the war and Putin.
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.
Edit: here’s a video explaining the phenomenon https://youtu.be/WrO5-fXTbYs
@JohnDClay Not ‘many.’ Most.
@JohnDClay
The two fundamental of Russian thinking.
1, Suffering is inescapable, and must be accepted.
2, A strongman leader is always best, even if he does terrible things to us.
These beliefs have been a constant throughout one thousand years of Russian history
Sure, not every Russian agrees with those beliefs, but the number of those who don’t, are so small, as to be effectively zero.
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.
Looks more like thousands than hundreds? That’s an impressive turnout.
@tunetardis @LaFinlandia
Statistically insignificant.
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
@fluxion
More significant than what we’ve seen so far.
Lets see what happens.
Yeah, my thinking on this is that a hundred people can be rounded up and disappeared or whatever, but when you tack an extra 0 or two on that number, this becomes impractical. And once people see that 10k people got away with it, that number could mushroom in any further public gatherings.
@Godric @tunetardis that!!!
