Russian President Vladimir Putin probably did not directly order the killing of Alexei Navalny at a remote penal colony, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded. But, sources say, by sending Navalny to the notorious high-security facility in the Arctic Circle, the Kremlin had effectively imposed a death sentence on the opposition leader. NBC News reports: https://flip.it/bm3ETn #WorldNews#News#Russia#Putin#Navalny
The head of the Russian #Orthodox Church, Patriarch #Kirill, has imposed a three-year suspension on the priest who held a memorial service at Alexey #Navalny’s grave in late March.
Priest Dmitry #Safronov, a cleric of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin on Lyschikova Hill in #Moscow, is now forbidden from giving blessings, wearing the frock, and bearing the church’s priestly cross until 2027.
„Alexei Nawalny gab alles für seine Überzeugung & seine Frau Julija #Nawalnaja teilt diese Stärke. Eine Stärke, die wir alle brauchen: im Kampf für #Demokratie & Freiheit“, so Landtagspräsidentin Ilse Aigner in ihrer Rede zur Verleihung des Freiheitspreises der Medien für das Ehepaar #Navalny beim Ludwig-Erhard-Gipfel.
During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison, Aleksei A. #Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was writing a #memoir about his life and work as a pro-democracy activist.
Titled “#Patriot,” the memoir will be published in the United States by Knopf on Oct. 22, with a first printing of half a million copies, and a simultaneous release in multiple countries.
Authoritarians across the globe are shutting down independent media and locking up reporters. More than 520 journalists are currently imprisoned worldwide, according to the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders. The Wall Street Journal has lifted its paywall to this article that reports on the surge in government crackdowns on the press. https://flip.it/UNAbgy #News#WorldNews#ReportersWithoutBorders#Navalny#EvanGershkovich
Journalist Antonina #Favorskaya, who covered events around #Navalny, was jailed for 10 days for laying flowers at his grave ('desobedience to the police'). After that, she was charged with participation in the 'extremist' @ACF_int. The 'court' ordered her detention for 2 months. https://t.co/h09q87tGAo
Leaked documents from the #Kremlin reveal Vladimir #Putin’s regime is funding a massive AI-powered surveillance operation: facial recognition helps the Kremlin to look for “disloyal and destructive” individuals. This system was used to arrest people attending Alexei #Navalny’s funeral, and was previously tested on football fans during the 2018 World Cup in #Russia and the 2022 World Cup in #Qatar.
Islamic State is aligned w/ Putin - why wld they commit a mass murder in Russia? What do they gain? On other hand—a false flag—Putin has perfected - MIGHT benefit his pal #Netanyahu🤔 and make a stronger alignment between the two. This shooting in Moscow stinks of Putin. Wondering too…. Was the theatre filled with people who showed their resistance to Vlad on Sunday by honoring #Navalny’s wishes? A mass shooting less than a week later to warn the populace? You better believe it😡 #PutinKills
After jailing and then murdering his biggest oponent Alexei Navalnyj, after murdering and jailing all of his previous opponents, after jailing or murdering journalists, after jailing, murdering or forcing to exile anyone who could be a threat to him, Vladimir Putin wins his rigged presidential election in a landslide ... Congratulations Vlad, you're such a strong and audacious guy ...
After the death of his harshest critic in an Artic prison, #AlekseiNavalny, none of #Putin's other competitors posed much of a threat.
The #Kremlin had also outlawed all criticism of Putin or his war. As much as this would have made campaigning a bit difficult for opposition candidates, the Kremlin blocked them from running anyway.
V WaPo:
'Russians protest Putin's forever rule with long lines at polling stations' (sounds counterintuitive but they are acting according to #Navalny 's widow, Yulia Navalnaya's request: Noon against #Putin - Polden protiv Putina) https://wapo.st/49MoqEV #GiftLink ##NoPaywall
Today, we had a largish raid group of 11+ to take on an #OriginFormePalkia in - it turned out to be a good raid.
Just for fun, my strongest ditto was backing up my mega salamence who was in #1 position. Turns out that the ditto's shapeshift did not cancel out my salamance's mega form which was a happy surprise 😁
People also wrote '#Navalny' on their ballots & took it to his grave.
Long queues formed at several polling stations in Moscow and other Russian cities as people took up a call from #AlexeiNavalny’s widow to head to the polls at noon on Sunday in a symbolic show of dissent against Vladimir #Putin’s all but certain re-election as president. #Ukraine