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🤦🏻‍♀️Russian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of deceased opposition leader Alexei #Navalny #Russia
https://www.dw.com/en/breaking-russia-issues-arrest-warrant-in-absentia-for-alexei-navalnys-widow-yulia-navalnaya/a-69608916
Russia issues arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya

The widow of Alexei Navalny and an opposition leader in her own right, Navalnaya has been put on Russia's wanted list.

Deutsche Welle
Jul 9, 2024 at 3:32pmWeb
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jul 9, 2024

@GottaLaff American pundits going "oh no, Trump will never arrest ME"

...because they'd sell out on day one.

Show thread(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jul 9, 2024
@Lazarou @GottaLaff. journalists, too, which is why they are kowtowing to Trump and destroying Biden. They are afraid, as Timothy Snyder explains, but in not confronting their fear are bringing about the very thing they are most afraid of.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jul 9, 2024
@cindyweinstein @GottaLaff yep, it's the same journalistic fear that happened during Brexit.
Only Carole Cadwalladr did proper journalism on the subject and the Oligarchs made her penniless.
Death threats were sent out, Journalists kept to the official story, the Fourth Estate failed.
Show threadHolly 🇨🇦Jul 9, 2024
@cindyweinstein @Lazarou @GottaLaff Is it that they are afraid or is it that the media is mostly owned by billionaire Trump supporters? I think it is probably the latter.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jul 9, 2024
@Yup_Its_Holly @cindyweinstein @GottaLaff fear and coercion at every level, the opposite of the Free Press.
Show thread(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jul 9, 2024
@Yup_Its_Holly @Lazarou @GottaLaff. I was going to add in parentheses something about the money, too (and I'm sure Snyder has something about that somewhere), but the fear factor/the threat of violence seems incredibly important and isn't getting enough attention.
Show threadDoreen32128 ready to rumble!Jul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff Please don’t step foot in Russia!
Show threadT.WllmsJul 9, 2024

@GottaLaff

geezus... that was only a matter of time... I hope she finds a very safe haven and stays far away from putin...

Show threadLaffyJul 9, 2024
@tdwllms1 I'm terrified for her
Show threadT.WllmsJul 9, 2024

@GottaLaff

no doubt.... she needs to hide... but she won't

Show threadLaurie KayJul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff “two months “ my ass. And she should stay away from open windows. Honestly, I cannot even imagine the courage that it takes to be her.
Show threadLaffyJul 9, 2024
@lauriekay9 It's utterly chilling
Show threadNonya Bidniss 🥥🌴Jul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff This is what Trump wants for the U.S. and the #SCOTUS will stand by him on any case that reaches them.
Show threadOld Man in the ShoeJul 9, 2024
@Nonya_Bidniss @GottaLaff Trump should thus become America's Alexi
Show threadLaffyJul 9, 2024
@Nonya_Bidniss 🎯
Show threadJonChevreau 🇨🇦Jul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff this on BBC right now
Show threadLaffyJul 9, 2024
@JonChevreau It's terrifying.
Show threadloucoveyJul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff “Didn’t see that coming,” said the blind man after getting hit in the face,
Show threadRabbi Jill ZimmermanJul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff this is bad. So bad.
Show threadLaffyJul 9, 2024
@rabbijill Beyond. My heart sank.
Show threadLittleGoatGirlJul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff @rabbijill Is she currently in Russia?
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Jul 9, 2024

@aliza @GottaLaff @rabbijill

She isn't in Russia but Alexei Navalny's mom is.

Show threadStu Duerson, machina exo deusJul 9, 2024

@GottaLaff

Self sacrifice is a trait of the most courageous of those who defend democracy. Her husband practiced it. Joe Biden has it as a strong theme in his insistence on running. She has shown it, unrelenting.

I hope others around her keep her safe. That self sacrifice has an effect from beyond the grave, but it can speak as loudly and more often from the blue side of the ground.

Show threadRobert J. BergerJul 9, 2024
@GottaLaff Putin showing the Republicans how its done.
Show threadLaffyJul 9, 2024
@rberger They already know