Sending vibes to a very brave man:

[applegrove]

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[FalloutShelter]

1. Alexey you are a hero to millions.

[Maraya1969]

2. Can't the US do anything????? The one man who is not afraid to talk against

Putin will lose his life because of it. Actually I'm sure he is not the only one.

Putin needs to pay for this.

[cilla4progress]

3. This is horrific.

I feel enraged.

[calimary]

5. Such a shame what he's suffering through.

Gee, vlad, you must be so proud...



You might want to think twice about making a martyr out of him, vladdy-boy.

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. I doubt very much that he is a man that thinks much about men like Navalny being a martyr.

Very much more about men like Navalny being made an example. That is a very Stalinesque approach, and Putin is a very Stalinesque kinda guy. They see an objective and approach it ruthlessly and single-mindedly; "collateral damage" is a concept they understand only intellectually and not emotionally. (verb tenses aside)

Between 1940 and, maybe, 1948, Stalin "facilitated," shall I say, the deaths of up to 60,000,000 of his citizens. Many of them just "disappeared" into the Gulag Archipelago to satisfy his paranoia.

Two Canadas. Two Californias. Inconceivable to us, members of the human community.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Killing him. The poison was close, prison will ensure it. Putin is a murderer and Joe called it. nt

[BigmanPigman]

7. Personally I wish he hadn't gone back there

after he was out of the hospital. I know he is an activist but I just don't want him to die. Putin will be president for life.

[WarGamer]

8. I have no idea... and now the hunger strike. It's like he WANTS to be a martyr.

[BigmanPigman]

9. He's going to be a dead martyr.

I think he should have stayed out of Russia and done his activism from abroad. He could be very effective that way plus he'd be alive and could continue fighting.

[BigmanPigman]

12. Yes, a true martyr dies for his beliefs.

I wish Biden would pressure him more. Of course we don't know all the details so maybe Biden has been more forceful in private Putin talks.

The lead singer of the Russian band Pussy Riot was talking to Lawrence O'Donnell and she said that Putin likes to appear as if he doesn't care what America or other world leaders think of him when in fact he cares a great deal. I hope Navalny doesn't run out of time though.

[applegrove]

14. I know. I know. I just want us to think of him and his bravery. He may have

had family in Russia. He may want a different Russia for his children and this was the only power he had.

[hamsterjill]

13. Gut wrenching.

Just breaks my heart.

[MustLoveBeagles]

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