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The Kremlin Fears Navalny More in Death Than It Did in Life
The body won’t be given to the family until they promise to conduct a secret burial.
Death scares the bejesus out of Russian leaders. Putin is more scared today than he was two weeks ago, before the untimely death of Alexey Navalny. I don’t think that Navalny was supposed to die at this moment. Trapped, the Kremlin was in control of his fate. There was no reason at this moment to end him. Someone messed up, and that someone is now dead and buried, even though Alexey is not.
The untimely death has led to an even more significant problem for the Kremlin. The dead are stronger than the living because no control mechanisms exist. There is one way, however, to limit the power the dead have over the living, and the power is formidable. The living must be deprived of their right to mourn the dead, and that is precisely how the Kremlin is now combating Alexey Navalny’s superpower.
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