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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

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Wait but Tucker Carlson told us Russia was an amazing place, better than America!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago

Let this fucker fade away into obscurity, please.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

That guy can stay there if he likes it so much.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Go to jail if you speak out against the president, BUT, there is a nice chandelier in a subway station.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Lol, that bit where he praised their grocery store prices was insane. The average American makes over 300% what the average Russian makes in terms of salary.

That guy has dogshit for brains.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Why even have a memorial if you can't visit it and pay respects?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 8 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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

As a honeypot to arrest dissenters just like they're doing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

ACAB no matter where you live.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They’ve arrested like 400 ppl across 30 cities, so far