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Russia’s Official Response to Navalny’s Death: Cowardice and Fear
What does fascist Russia have to hide? Mourners across the country are being harassed.
One hour after the media in Russia began reporting the death of the opposition leader Alexey Navalny, the Kremlin issued a rebuke to the usually obedient so-called journalists: Stop reporting so much about his death. The message was, “People die all the time. Why are you making such a big deal over this person’s death.”
An hour later, a friend who works at Gazprom reacted to Navalny’s death with the same response on WhatsApp: “Come on! People die every day.” It is genuinely disappointing that so many formerly smart people have permitted themselves to become such integral players in Putin’s fascist revolution. Without this kind of tacit support, which can be more appropriately called “indifference,” Putin would never have succeeded in destroying modern Russia. With the passing of Navalny, most Russians are calmly acting as my friend: People die, life goes on.
Nonetheless, a few brave Russians remain in this lost country. Red carnations are brightening up the snow across the country, at random parks, at the feet of random statues. Some poems have appeared, and the occasional Navalny slogan is scratched across the frost on walls: “I am not…
