some outrageous crazy statement about the war

it’s from Medvedev, as usual

Can the press just stop paying attention to him? He doesn’t hold any power, he gets to make no decisions, he was chosen to be Putin’s seat-warmer in 2008 because he was considered to be a safe choice, with no real ambitions and was extremely easy to reel in. His position on the “security council” means nothing, he was put there specifically so he’d be in a hostile environment, being a random guy between the military, the FSB and the intelligence service. Not that the council itself is much more than a Putin’s puppet. He became the biggest hawk as soon as the war started just in case anyone recalls some of his more “liberal” initiatives. In reality, there’s only 3 things he’s in charge of: a bottle, a shot glass and his telegram account.

Blatant misrepresentation of his position. You probably also love mentioning his “cockroaches” video while ignoring the immigration issues, terrorism and problems with Chechnya as the context of the time, as well as not mentioning his second video released at around the same time where he explicitly calls out the far right and argues against violence. Navalny explained multiple times that he attends the march in an attempt to make it better and steer it away from senseless violent rhetoric of those who are cut into the video you posted inbetween clips with him. You mentioned that you speak Russian fluently, so here’s his interview from 2011 where he explains his position regarding nationalism in more detail.

And before you mention it:

• He was against Russian military intervention in Georgia in 2008
• He considered Crimea annexation to be unlawful and a breach of international agreements, but he also said that its fate should be in the hands of its population (hence the infamous “not a sandwich” quote)