Why the Ukrainians were not at all happy with Putin’s enemy Navalny’s Oscar identity clarified: this is the shot down Ukrainian sniper

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.

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 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.

Andriy Sadovyi, mayor of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, summed it up as follows:

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”:

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.

Ukrainian journalist Ostap Yarisch best described Navalny’s aversion. He wrote:

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