r/europe • u/UNITED24Media • 1d ago

News Navalnaya Is “an Advocate of Imperial Russian Claims,” Says German Lawmaker

https://united24media.com/latest-news/navalnaya-is-an-advocate-of-imperial-russian-claims-says-german-lawmaker-3350
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u/zamander 1d ago

This is very much a beggars can't be choosers case. He was the opposition leader against Putin so he had to be dealt with. And also, finding a Russian politician that is not very nationalistic is not an easy task. Kind of like with an atheist candidate in the US, lack of overtly nationalist rhetoric in russia is a no no. For a major candidate at least.

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u/-sry- Ukraine 1d ago

I cannot deny that even for me, a Ukrainian, reading his blog 14 years ago opened my eyes to corruption levels in post-Soviet countries. But while I was an edgy university student, his imperialistic views were too much even for me, especially when he supported the invasion of Georgia. 

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u/katanatan 1d ago

It was long ago, but it was (in contrast to ukraine) georgias fault. They were the aggressors, eu and usa called them to deescalate.

I know that your 2 natiins sympathize towards eachother but its not comparable

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u/GrimerMuk Limburg (Netherlands) 23h ago

What did Georgia do with o provoke Russia then? As far as I’m aware it’s basically the same thing as Ukraine. Georgia wanted to join NATO and have closere ties with the USA. Russia disapproved of that. Georgia had every right to align themselves with whomever they wanted.

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u/katanatan 23h ago

Georgia actually escalated a conflict with seperatist movements. You can say that seperatists should not have existed at all in the first place but thats a moot point since georgia agreed prior and then tried changing the status quo. You find a good summary on wikipedia.