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Tazmanian Aug 4, 2023

Russia court sentences Alexey Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin critic, to 19 more years in prison

https://lemmy.world/post/2652074

Russia court sentences Alexey Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin critic, to 19 more years in prison - Lemmy.world

A Russian " " court " " on Friday issued its verdict in a new case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, convicting the politician of promoting “extremism” and extending his time in prison by 19 years, according to Russian state media and his own team.

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Jaysyn Aug 4, 2023

When I found out that Navalny wasn't against the invasion of Ukraine I stopped caring about what happened to him.

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NavalExplorer

While the second quote is more telling, the first one is misleading. The only reason Ukraine has a shot at taking Crimea back is because Russia invaded.

There was just no hope for Ukraine to retake it by force, and Russia under putin would give it back voluntarily. Even not under Putin, the opinion would be such that this would be a difficult politically speaking. That’s what Navalny was commenting on with this quote.