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Russian court orders arrest of Yulia Navalnaya (www.bbc.com)

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A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism, according to state media.

The charges brought against Yulia Navalnaya, who lives outside Russia, in absentia are to do with her alleged "participation in an extremist society", Tass news agency said.

Navalny was Russia's most significant opposition leader of the past decade. He died in February in an Arctic Circle jail. Russian authorities said he died of natural causes - but his widow said Navalny had been "tortured, starved, cut off and killed" by Russia's president Vladimir Putin.

Navalny had been serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.

Responding to the arrest warrant against her, Yulia Navalnaya posted on X: "When you write about this, please do not forget to write the main thing: Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 72 points 1 month ago

Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 15 points 1 month ago

Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also a sad, bald fuckwit whose only true skill is blackmail.

Did I mention he is also into crossdressing and urinating on underage boys?

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

Someone really needs to take putin out

[-] suction@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Also Trump and most of the Supreme Court judges.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago

participation in an extremist society

Considering what Russia considers to be extremist at this point, I think most of us live in that society. Maybe they should arrest everyone.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

That's what they're aiming for, yes

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm assuming that's dodgy translation of "involved in an organisation" rather than a literal "we live in a society", right?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's a Russian court. They'd convict someone for breathing in an extremist manner.

[-] NOT__________RICK@r.nf 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago

I guess running in an election is treason in Russia?

[-] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

It is if you try to win and aren't Putin

[-] Don_Dickle@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My impression from reading Institute for the Study of War's blogs is that Putin is a "moderate" in the perverted sense. There are actually much worse people, with real power in Russia, that could conceivably take power, and he kinda keeps everyone in line.

So maybe the people in a position to depose him have no interest in doing so, not just for their own interests but because the resulting power vacuum would not be fun. And I'm sure he makes the possibility extremely difficult.

There is one guy who tried, and actually came surprisingly close: Yevgeny Prigozhin. He started a small rebellion, and it might've worked with a slightly different roll of the dice. He seemed kinda populist and Trumpy to me, with a lot of grassroots support from the more militant factions in Russian politics, especially on social media... if Trump was the leader of a notorious mercenary outfit.

He died in a plane crash exactly 2 months later. I'm sure its a total coincidence.

[-] LavenderDay3544@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago

Inside Russia that person would die under suspicious circumstances as many already have. Outside Russia paying to have someone killed is at least conspiracy to commit homicide which is a really damn serious crime especially when the person you're conspiring to kill is a head of state. Oh and the Russians have had people killed outside Russia when they felt the need to so you're not really safe anywhere once you're on their hit list.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Oh and the Russians have had people killed outside Russia when they felt the need to so you're not really safe anywhere once you're on their hit list.

Well to be fair, I'd argue that's not an argument. People are willing to go to prison and die for their beliefs (case and point Navalny). So what is your own destiny or death when you can save your family, friends, and country from this dictator. I'm sure you would find a willing kamikaze assassin.

[-] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Short sighted people are all the same.

In the same way a poor person refuses to raise taxes on the rich.

A rich person refuses to put bounties on the insanely rich because one day they would like to be in that position.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I'm sure many have tried.

[-] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why is nvalny a traitor?

I dont actually expect you to answer this question, because you're so, so incredibly wrong.

And you know it.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

This is 2025 under Trump...

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

Remember that higher turnout is bad for the GOP. Get out and vote.

If someone says you shouldn't vote, or that you should vote 3rd party, call them an unwashed tankie troglodyte. Don't try to argue with them, because they're dishonest, stupid, or both.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

AFAIK she is not in Russia, and I seriously hope that she is living an a country that is not in a hugs&kisses relation with Putler.

[-] suction@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

She's in danger in any country, Putin's grunts this year already shot a defector who received a new identity and lived in Spain. Ended up in an underground garage with a few bullets in his body. Granted, he was stupid / desperate enough to contact his spouse in Russia to come join him. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68337794#

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

And left Ukraine to hang out in a Russian Mafia infested Spanish tourist town.

[-] suction@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

lol yeah not a bright one

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

I don't really expect random Russian citizens to know every city with a Russian mob presence

[-] suction@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Whoever gave him a new identity would have told him whether his choice of place is a good one…

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

That's true. I hope she will survive the Russian terrorists.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Personally I'd go live in Reykjavik. I highly doubt the Russian enforcers operate there. Plus if they find me there's always the chance of a convenient volcano delaying them.

[-] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also if Putins agents have you surrounded, you could just pick up Björk by her feet and roundhouse ‘em by swinging her in a circle

[-] arin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Trump gonna turn her in so he can eat more Putin ass

[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

May she survive the Russian terrorists.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Surprising nobody.

[-] rxin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Navalny had been serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.

Can they be not? Isn't that what extremism means?

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I was under impression that his last sentence was for his founding role in ACF which was deemed extremist organization for made up connections to Tatarsky's bombing, which would make that a terrorism change. But as a refresher I've looked up, and in reality they've been designated extremists for participation in elections, basically. The official case states that the foundation's goal was to stage a coup in fashion of Orange Revolution. And now with it, they have a case to put everyone who's ever been in contact with ACF in prison for 6 years, which they actively exercise. It's a complete sham, such a corrupt government should not exist in a modern world.

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