Quote: (03-29-2017 07:42 PM)polar Wrote:
I believe Navalny is a patriot, but he is a liberal by Russian standards and has western backing. Putin's system is built on loyalty, those useful get compensated via kickbacks, corruption, and living above the laws. Navalny wants a transparent, western-like system with accountability, and represents people who want to get their tax dollars' worth. However, foreign policy and security is not his strong point for obvious reasons. He's the most likely leader for the opposition, and because of that, he is under close watch.
Navalny along with his friends are people closely related to Yetlsin's government.
Navalny was an advocate of Khodorkovsky, No1 Yeltsin's oligarch, blamed in murders and scams.
Nemtsov (RIP) - ex minister in Yeltsin's government, ex gubernor of Nizhniy Novgorod.
Kasyanov - ex prime minister in Yeltsin's government.
These guys have nothing in common with Russian nationalism (Khodorkovsky and Nemtsov are jews, just like the biggest part of pro-western parties and their media support in Russia).
These guys also have nothing in common with "transparency" (KHodorkovsky was accused in murdering a mayor of a town who tried to force him to pay taxes, Yetlsin government officers are well-known for extreme corruption, Navalny himself is a person convicted twice for fraud, one of the cases is when he acted along with his old friend, another Yeltsin's times ghost Belov, a gobernor which was caught recently accepting bribe).
Its funny, but the only true pro-western politician is Putin, who still tries to convince Russian nation that living in a western way is possible.. without gangsters such as Khodorkovsky, or rogues such as Navalny..