Friday 16 February 2024

Alexei Navalny Dies

 
It has been reported that the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison. Contrary to popular belief, he was never sentenced to the gulag for questioning the government. That is not a crime in Russia; neither is being gay, but so many people think it is. His offence was embezzlement and contempt of court. Also, I say "gulag", but I think these institutions have improved a bit since the days of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In 2020 Navalny was almost killed when he drank from a water bottle laced with Novichok poison. The media blamed this on the Putin regime, but I question that, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2020/11/programme-395-podcast-nick-kollerstrom.html. I don't know all the details of this case yet and there are many worrying elements; for example, Navalny disappeared from his prison for three weeks in December, although there were no reports that he escaped. This is breaking news and we have yet to learn all the facts. If it turns out he has been assassinated by state actors then I will condemn that. However, this story is going to be warped and decorated as just another opportunistic reason to demonize Russia. Alexei Navalny is going to be portrayed as a martyr. History has a habit of making pure villains and pure heroes out of completely mortal multifaceted men. I find it telling that this death has been announced just after the alarmist and nonsensical science fiction horror stories about President Putin planning to "put nukes in space!" Therefore I refuse to blurt out the usual simplistic slogans: "Navalny good- Putin bad!" Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66408444.
See here for more background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/02/ukraine-war-portal.html.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

As is so often the case, sadly more than ever these days, this event smells very, very fishy to me - especially the timing after the Tucker interview (and his post interview's glowing portrayal of life in Moscow).

Obviously, the western media (and politicians) will blow the death of Navalny out of all proportion and use it as another opportunity to blame Putin the Thug/Dictator, etc. They'll also probably try and impose even more ridiculous sanctions (that are destroying Europe) and further demonize Russia with a massive dose of Name Calling/Personal attack fallacies and intentional omissions (e.g. his far right ethnic nationalism back in the early 2000s).

So, in short, I agree with your overall assessment - and would also add the appalling silence and lack of outrage in the western media over the recent torture and demise of the Chilean-American journalist Gonzalo Lira in Ukraine, speaks volumes!

Calpestavo68

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

Hi Calpestavo68. Thanks for reminding me! Yes, the suspicious death of Lira (Coach Red Pill) has not been spoken of at all outside the alternative social media. He was an outspoken critic of Zelensky and he understood the connection between the Kyiv regime and the WEF etc.

nicholas said...

" In 2020 Navalny was almost killed when he drank from a water bottle laced with Novichok poison" - doubtful. See my analysis in 'The Novichok Chronicles' 2021. As regards his death, he had probably been triple-jabbed, which could lead to sudden death vie blood clot.

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

Thanks for the info, Nicholas. I will see what you have to say.

Anonymous said...

@Nicholas Triple jabbed before the covid pandemic (20th Aug 2020) is really stretching the gullibility of even Ben...

However as regards to Ben not thinking Putin's regime was behind the poisoning it stretches the realms of possibility almost as much as claiming it on a vaccine being administered before it was invented!

Russian citizen that just so happens to be the only outspoken opposition to Putin, in Russia on a Russian airline travelling in Russia, swallows a poison in flight from a class of neuro toxins developed by Russia and classified by Russia. This would suggest someone or group in Russia is the most likely explanation and as proven in the Salisbury poisonings using the same Russian toxin the culprits where identified as GRU agents travelling on false passports ( one has subsequently even admitted to this...).

As regards Navalny's death, how far fetched would it be to get a foreign agent into the most secure prison in Russia and assassinate the most guarded prisoner housed there and escape undetected? as claimed by some in the Putin regime.

Anonymous said...

@Nicholas Navalny had been imprisoned in Russia since January 2021 and could not have received an mRNA vaccine — the type purported to have caused his death in the viral posts — as the Russian Ministry of Health did not approve that kind of inoculation. There is no evidence to confirm whether Navalny was vaccinated against COVID-19 at all.

The madness that every 'sudden death' is related to a covid vaccination is staggering in it's stupidity only surpassed in the prevalence of peoples inability to verify such claims.

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

Anon, I suggest you listen to my interview with Dr Nick about the poisoning on Navelny. It's as dodgy as the Skripals attempted murder. Of course it's MO is intended to frame Russia. Has it occurred to you that "foreign agents" are already working inside the Russian state? Your final paragraph is meaningless rhetoric.

Anonymous said...

The interview with 'Dr Nick' is astonishing in so far as as how far from the actual truth and reality it can go and still maintain any credibility. Rather than address points in it, here is a link to the confession of how it was done by those responsible and leave it at that.

https://www.voanews.com/a/europe_navalnys-underpants-smeared-poison-would-be-assassin-reveals/6199826.html

If you don't believe confessions and evidence and would rather believe made up speculation to cause people to question the real version of events that's on you.

Anonymous said...

Here is the phone recording of the confession recorded by Navelny. Lets be clear here, this confession wasn't under duress it was a confession extracted as the agent Konstantin Kudryavtsev didn't realize he was speaking to Navelny and didn't know he was being recorded obviously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeQXc182r1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CNFwimQNZg

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

I won't be responding to the rhetoric. On a factual level this will need further inquiry, but I recommend you watch my skeptic talk and think about the "CTCS- conveniently told confession story". It doesn't matter whether they were under duress or not; remember, a confession is claim too.