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Yes. MARIUPOL, Ukraine — A volunteer brigade with self-proclaimed Nazis fighting alongside government troops against Russian-backed separatists is proving to be a mixed blessing to its cause. [...] A drill sergeant who would identify himself only as Alex wore a patch depicting Thor's Hammer, an ancient Norse symbol appropriated by neo-Nazis, according to the Anti-Defamation League. In an interview with USA TODAY, he admitted he is a Nazi and said with a laugh that no more than half his comrades are fellow Nazis. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/10/ukraine-azov-brigade-nazis-abuses-separatists/24664937/

Please remind me how many wars Trump started during his term.

Please explain this.

FYI: In contrast, death rates fell in countries like Sweden and Norway and also New Zealand, who contained the virus successfully before its vaccination programme took off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65975154

"How much credibility should Hemachudha be given on this topic when he's relying on a documented misinformation purveyor as his source, and ignoring the numerous fact check reports and the opinions of multiple experts in the field both posted above that say embalmer Hirschman's claims relating to COVID vaccines are not credible?" Definitely a lot more than all of us here, given his background, experience and expertise.

It definitely seems to be when you look at its structure objectively. The post-Soviet system was modelled on the West under Yeltsin. https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/d513a1/pdf/ Back to Navalny, the Russian courts were actually very lenient with him in 2013 as he was given probation despite the serious embezzlement crimes which he was found guilty of. He was even allowed to run for Mayor after his conviction. It were his repeated breaches of his probation terms which eventually led to his arrest in 2021. A somewhat more nuanced reality than the "Putin jails his opponents" catchphrase. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/world/europe/russian-opposition-leader-is-spared-jail.html

For this comment to be valid, one would have to demonstrate that the Navalny brothers did not steal money from Yves Rocher, VTB Bank and Transneft, amongst a flurry of other crimes. Snippets from Wikipedia using terminology such as "widely seen as political" do not cut it.

You mean people like Thiravat Hemachudha, head of the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Disease Health Science Centre of the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University, who was a vocal proponent of the jab during the crisis and is now calling for investigations? Has he become a conspiracy theorist, all of a sudden? “There is an organised effort to cover up information and facts about the number of people who have died or are suffering from Long COVID by means of under-reporting their numbers and an effort to prevent public access to such information on social media, leaving many people unaware that they are being affected by Long COVID from vaccination and depriving them of proper treatment.” https://www.thaipbsworld.com/allegations-made-over-cover-up-about-long-covid/

Navalny was jailed because he was a multiple-convicted crook.

... Says the Western media and political establishment, whose lies and contradictions I have extensively demonstrated in this thread.

In the midst of the crisis, YouTube and other major social media platforms censored all alternative views on the vaccine harshly and were the last place to go for the truth. Dr Campbell, at the time, was very much pro-jab and I have never watched any of his videos.

The Russian people are not children and don't need Western intervention to "save" them.

You mean turn a blind eye to the fact that he is a radical Russian supremacist, who called Georgians "rodents", non-white immigrants "cockroaches" and Ukrainians by the ethnic slur "khohols", in addition to being a multiple-convicted crook (c.f. previously posted sources), so he can fit into the very narrow window the Western establishment wants to show him through? Allow me to laugh.

So on what end of the political spectrum would you say Navalny tends to be, based on his numerous far right and xenophobic statements? In videos from 2007, Navalny likened militants in Chechnya to cockroaches and espoused deporting migrants, saying, "We have the right to be Russian in Russia and we will defend that right." https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AP1BG/

You are implying the Kremlin taps ordinary Russian citizens' phones in a Stasi-type approach. There is no evidence of that at all and you are going to excessive lengths to defend your point, you are not being reasonable.

Please explain why you believe Statista is not a reliable source.

The most prominent source is the Levada Center, considered a foreign agent by the Russian government and approved by the West and the CFR, so hardly a vector of "Russian propaganda" as I suspect that is what you are hinting at (a couple of references below, including a Wikipedia one, which I believe is a source you like). THE CASE OF ALEXEY NAVALNY Compared to July 2021, the level of approval of Alexei Navalny’s activities has hardly changed: 14% approve, 60% disapprove, another 14% do not know Alexei Navalny or have not heard of him. https://www.levada.ru/en/2022/03/16/the-case-of-alexey-navalny/ VTsIOM became widely respected for its objectivity and professionalism among academics and journalists in both the Soviet Union and the West. In the 1990s, the agency's polls gained a reputation for being very reliable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levada_Center

Please define fascism.

Statista is a German platform which has a solid reputation in terms of reliability.

Thank God those poor, misguided Russians have us Westerners to fight for their rights and freedoms! It is to laugh, honestly.

There have been lots of clickbait articles about this, but in reality it does not change much for the average individual, and certainly does not forbid criticism of the vax. It is aimed at "alternative" health advisors such as Thierry Casasnovas, who claims one can cure all sorts of ailments by eating fruit and veg, amongst other things. This bill states that those who follow this type of guidance must have first clearly expressed their consent and understanding of what they are getting themselves into, failing which the "provider" can be fined and jailed.

White nationalist Navalny was jailed because he was a convicted crook. A bit of context: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201958/attitude-toward-activity-of-alexei-navalny-by-age-russia/ Most Russians in every age group did not approve of the political activity of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, as of February 2022.

I don't have "motives" but will occasionally point out the hypocrisy and contradictions of the Western media apparatus and its followers. Again, multiple sources and statistical analyses confirm that the vast majority of Russians support Putin and will very likely give him a landslide victory in the upcoming elections. It is not up to us Westerners, with our societies failing on every metric, to decide whether it is good or not in the name of our "values". There is no "colour revolution" there against Putin, as much as our leaders would love to see it happen. The media will only ever present and spin events according to what suits a political agenda. Added bonus about the "hero" Navalny, this might give you some depth, context and insight: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/25/navalny-has-the-kremlin-foe-moved-on-from-his-nationalist-past In a 2007 pro-gun rights video, Navalny presents himself as a “certified nationalist” who wants to exterminate “flies and cockroaches” – while bearded Muslim men appear in cutaways. [...] Shortly before releasing the video, Navalny was kicked out of Yabloko, Russia’s oldest liberal democratic party, for his “nationalist views” and participation in the Russian March, an annual rally of thousands of far-right nationalists, monarchists and white supremacists. [...] Some protesters sported closely cropped hair and raised their hands in a Nazi salute.

You clearly don't get anything and are content to remain that way.

"I too would love to see a strong, free Russia. Best thing for the world. Would you join me in calling for a Putin free Russia so that it can happen?" How about minding your own business and leaving Russia to the Russians, the vast majority of which (over 80%) support their president? Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rating Remains Sky High. Here’s Why. https://globelynews.com/russia/putin-approval-rating/