"comparing Navalny to Ukranian militant groups or Islamic Jihadis is a stretch too far"
Possibly, although not the Russia March he participated in.
But, excluding literary talent, Navalny could compare to Solzhenitsyn. He too was idolized in the West as a democratic opponent of the Soviet system, although some of Sakharov's associates wrot…
"comparing Navalny to Ukranian militant groups or Islamic Jihadis is a stretch too far"
Possibly, although not the Russia March he participated in.
But, excluding literary talent, Navalny could compare to Solzhenitsyn. He too was idolized in the West as a democratic opponent of the Soviet system, although some of Sakharov's associates wrote about his nationalist tendencies. Sure enough, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he laid it bare with his criticism of Western freedom and his anti-Semitic diatribe "Two Hundred Years Together".
Russian nationalists of any stripe are closer to Azov than they are to Western democracy.
Yes, I think the anti-Russian, anti-Putin tendencies are so deeply ingrained in the West that most anti-Putin dissidents are glorified to some extent. "Russian nationalists of any stripe are closer to Azov than they are to Western democracy." For sure they are not anywhere close to our understanding of democracy. Azov's tactics closely resemble Bolsheviks' dominance than any kind of democratic process.
"comparing Navalny to Ukranian militant groups or Islamic Jihadis is a stretch too far"
Possibly, although not the Russia March he participated in.
But, excluding literary talent, Navalny could compare to Solzhenitsyn. He too was idolized in the West as a democratic opponent of the Soviet system, although some of Sakharov's associates wrote about his nationalist tendencies. Sure enough, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he laid it bare with his criticism of Western freedom and his anti-Semitic diatribe "Two Hundred Years Together".
Russian nationalists of any stripe are closer to Azov than they are to Western democracy.
Yes, I think the anti-Russian, anti-Putin tendencies are so deeply ingrained in the West that most anti-Putin dissidents are glorified to some extent. "Russian nationalists of any stripe are closer to Azov than they are to Western democracy." For sure they are not anywhere close to our understanding of democracy. Azov's tactics closely resemble Bolsheviks' dominance than any kind of democratic process.