• appel@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Navalny most certainly wasn’t stupid. He understood what he was getting into when he got on that flight back to Russia. My guess is that he hoped his arrest and detention would spark an uprising, which sadly didn’t materialize.

    I would not have made the choice he did, but I’m also not as brave as he is. Fuck Putin.

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      9 months ago

      I don’t think Navalny believed any resistance would be mounted for him - he might have had hope but I don’t think he counted on anything. I think he chose to go back knowing he would likely die. He chose to be a martyr to maximize the effect he’d have.

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      9 months ago

      He understood what he was getting into when he got on that flight back to Russia. My guess is that he hoped his arrest and detention would spark an uprising

      Then it seems like he really didn’t understand what he was getting into.