Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny confronted Vladimir Putin and has to pay a high price for it. He survived the assassination attempt. But he was sentenced to several years in a prison camp in several trials. Even today he is in Russian captivity.
Now Navalny can celebrate at least a small success: the documentary about his struggle against Putin’s power and his suffering in recent years has won an Oscar.
The trailer of the documentary:
There was great joy in the Navalny camp. His family personally accepted the film award in Los Angeles. The adult children of Putin’s opponent are satisfied:
Hollywood and the American film industry celebrate Putin’s enemy. “He is in prison for telling the truth and for fighting for our freedom,” said Maria Pevchik, who works for Navalny and was part of the Navalny entourage on the red carpet, triumphantly.
Putin’s enemy is not Ukraine’s friend
Peace, joy, pancakes between Putin’s opponents? Not even close. Because the Ukrainians are foaming with anger at the praise for Navalny. They see him as anything but an ally in the fight against the Russians. And this has its reasons.
Because Navalny has condemned the war in Ukraine in recent months. But according to the Ukrainians, he has never denounced Russian imperialism and related claims to Ukrainian territory.
On the contrary: after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, he expressed the opinion that the peninsula should remain Russian territory. And he spoke out against Ukraine joining NATO.
“Smell of Russian Propaganda”
As a friend, Navalny is therefore not suitable for the Ukrainians. And they make no secret of it.
The first picture is the fight for freedom. The second picture is the fight for power. Don’t confuse them. pic.twitter.com/am3K1eweAt
— Taras Mishchenko (@tarasmi) March 13, 2023
«The first picture shows the struggle for freedom, the second the struggle for power. Don’t get them mixed up,” writes Taras Mischenko, for example, on Twitter. He is the editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian publication Mezha.Media.
First photo: Ukrainian family suffered under Putin
Second photo: Russian family suffered under Putin pic.twitter.com/hLCbWpkUxn
— naumenko (@naumenkocv) March 13, 2023
Andriy Sadovyi, mayor of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, summed it up as follows:
When you buy a product, you can buy a box within a box, whatever you do. If you submit a request, you can contact customer service via email.
— Андрій Садовий (@AndriySadovyi) March 13, 2023
Navalny incredible for the Ukrainians
In February of this year, Navalny and his team changed their tone significantly compared to Ukraine. Navalny spoke of the “unprovoked attack of Russian troops on Ukraine”:
On the eve of the anniversary of the large-scale and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, I have summarized my and, hopefully, many other decent people’s political platform.
15 statements from a Russian citizen who wants the best for his country.— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) February 20, 2023
But that still doesn’t make him a friend of Ukraine. Especially since liberals have repeatedly accused him of racist and xenophobic statements in the past. Also directed against Ukrainians.
The use of ethnic or racist statements also does not seem to be a problem for Navalny. He called Ukrainians with the ethnic slur “khokhols” (that tweet is still available by the way) and also used derogatory names for non-Slavic ethnicities in Russia. pic.twitter.com/IJ876ndwZX
— Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) January 27, 2023
Ukrainian journalist Ostap Yarisch best described Navalny’s aversion. He wrote:
(aeg)
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