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Alexei Navalny Dies in Prison (theguardian.com)
57 points by padthai 6 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments



[dupe]

More discussion ended up here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39395631


Its funny to me that with the current state of Russia this guy could have died with absolutely zero interference from the state and the rest of the world will assume he was killed no matter what comes out of Russian media, purely due to their track record with this sort of thing.


> The cause of death had not been established

Probably accidentally brutally stabbed himself in the chest while shaving, or some such equally plausible accident. These unfortunate incidents are known to happen – what can you do?


are you even serious


I mean, Russia in particular seems to have a serious issue with self-stabbings and falling out of windows that does warrant research into the phenomena. It may even be some SCPs.

So I can see OP being serious.


He drank some tea.


Seems like a wonderful regime according to Tucker Carlson, Heritage Foundation and MAGA Republicans. Putin is a true conservative, champion of liberty, to them.


One more body to be explained away by Putin apologists


Flagged for being political rage bait


Reminder that the enemy of your (evil) enemy is not necessarily a good person. I have seen nothing to suggest that he was a force for good.




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