It’s okay, worse has happened. There will be more people and leaders. Now we are trying to support each other and not give up.
Hope? Were they deluded?
Their last hope is themselves
As they currently have no other leader besides Putin capable of gaining majority support, Russia will collapse if Putin were to be gone.
Russia is a mafia state, not a democracy. Only a strong leader can keep the country unified. Without a strong leader, everyone will start to carve out their own piece to rule. Previously, there was hope that Navalny could replace Putin, but now all hope is lost. This country will collapse sooner than we might expect.
At the strategic level, making one person irreplaceable, as Putin has made himself, is a mistake. It may be beneficial for him but not for Russia.
Ofcourse Navalny was their last hope. To be seen as liberal democrats.
The global delusion that the twat who marches with neonazis is the good guy is honestly the most impressive bit of propaganda since the carrot rumours in ww2
There can be no hope in this hell. No hope at all
There is no hope. Sooner will Russia collapse than Russians change.
Incredible how cowardly and submissive this nation is.
The Czechs, Poles, Hungarians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Ukrainians, Georgians all had balls to stand up to Kremlin and fight for their freedom but Russians? No, they keep making those pathetic video appeals.
These were regular working people who risked everything so they could be free and to give better future for their children. They stood up to the Moscow goons with batons. I will forever be grateful for their courage and sacrifice.
So whenever I read some teary text, that Russians cannot protests because of the authorities I remember that millions did and won.
That’s what Putin wants you to think anyway.
The fact that one person in jail was their last hope clearly shows that there was never any hope in Russia.
Navalny never was Russia’s hope. What should he have accomplished from a prison cell? What he did was showing the world who Putin is and that he’ll kill whoever in his path. No matter how powerful or rich.
They should find much better persons for that role but whatever
Not true, I did not lose hope, just got much more resolute to finish what Navalny started
Since when Russians cast hope on Navalny? I think only a few of them would realistically see him as the president.
If only russians knew that they lost their last hope…
Too nihilistic, Putin wants Russians to believe they’re stuck with him but they can have change if they want it. They just don’t want it.
Navalny stopped being Russia’s last hope the moment he lost his freedom and his media clout.
The death of Nemstov was the real death of the opposition. It fractured and formed into little competing blocks. Some of whom became internal opposition. And there won’t be another 2011 “snow revolution” moment for a long time.
Edit: typos
He wasnt their last hope or even hope. The only hope they have is that oligarchs will get tired of putin and fix things. For ages some of them dont like him.
I’m not even surprised. They never really had a democracy. Power was always in the hands of tzars, commies, oligarchs or putin. Why would they have hope for freedom if they never really had it. It is sad and I really wish that Russians will finally live in a motherland where there isn’t place for imprisoning someone for having different political opinions.
They never had it, in the first place.
No idea why he should’ve been a hope, he wasn’t a good guy or anything – as xenophobic, racist and extremist like many others – just anti putin
Brave man. He shouldn’t have returned to Russia. He condemned himself on principle.
Lol, there are 140+ million people in Russia. If one guy in a Siberian gulag, who never managed any significant traction with public support in his entire career, is the country’s last hope… that’s pathetic.
Russia is a gaping hole of apathy. It’s not the fault of 140 million people that they haven’t been able to choose other political perspectives in their lifetimes. But it IS their fault that they’ve never looked for any though. As long as they have cheap gas for heating and a sufficient amount of food, they don’t give a shit about anything.
In russia, dreams of freedom don’t last long. And are always met with brutal, violent end. The only future that awaits russia is a sound of marching boots, cracking of the whip and long, long night of totalitarianism. The thing is, it was always the case. That’s what russia is. That’s what russia was. And that’s what russia always will be. It time for the civilized world to stop deluding ourselves…
If you know anything about the Russian psyche, you know that ‘hope’ is a useless emotion they disposed of centuries ago.
The only Russian I know who isn’t completely fatalistic is a guy I went to school with who immigrated in the 90s and later became a Lib Dem aide – and he’s probably more British than I am.
The guy that was almost killed abroad and has been in prison for 10 years is their hope?
Prigozhin was their last hope of some change (not necessarily positive)
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It’s okay, worse has happened. There will be more people and leaders. Now we are trying to support each other and not give up.
Hope? Were they deluded?
Their last hope is themselves
As they currently have no other leader besides Putin capable of gaining majority support, Russia will collapse if Putin were to be gone.
Russia is a mafia state, not a democracy. Only a strong leader can keep the country unified. Without a strong leader, everyone will start to carve out their own piece to rule. Previously, there was hope that Navalny could replace Putin, but now all hope is lost. This country will collapse sooner than we might expect.
At the strategic level, making one person irreplaceable, as Putin has made himself, is a mistake. It may be beneficial for him but not for Russia.
Ofcourse Navalny was their last hope. To be seen as liberal democrats.
The global delusion that the twat who marches with neonazis is the good guy is honestly the most impressive bit of propaganda since the carrot rumours in ww2
There can be no hope in this hell. No hope at all
There is no hope. Sooner will Russia collapse than Russians change.
Incredible how cowardly and submissive this nation is.
The Czechs, Poles, Hungarians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Ukrainians, Georgians all had balls to stand up to Kremlin and fight for their freedom but Russians? No, they keep making those pathetic video appeals.
It is sad if you think about it.
Edit: somewhere there in this crowd is my father.
https://youtu.be/LlPUwVwqISI?si=xpy4S_aUL4ge37qu
These were regular working people who risked everything so they could be free and to give better future for their children. They stood up to the Moscow goons with batons. I will forever be grateful for their courage and sacrifice.
So whenever I read some teary text, that Russians cannot protests because of the authorities I remember that millions did and won.
That’s what Putin wants you to think anyway.
The fact that one person in jail was their last hope clearly shows that there was never any hope in Russia.
Navalny never was Russia’s hope. What should he have accomplished from a prison cell? What he did was showing the world who Putin is and that he’ll kill whoever in his path. No matter how powerful or rich.
They should find much better persons for that role but whatever
Not true, I did not lose hope, just got much more resolute to finish what Navalny started
Since when Russians cast hope on Navalny? I think only a few of them would realistically see him as the president.
If only russians knew that they lost their last hope…
Too nihilistic, Putin wants Russians to believe they’re stuck with him but they can have change if they want it. They just don’t want it.
Navalny stopped being Russia’s last hope the moment he lost his freedom and his media clout.
The death of Nemstov was the real death of the opposition. It fractured and formed into little competing blocks. Some of whom became internal opposition. And there won’t be another 2011 “snow revolution” moment for a long time.
Edit: typos
He wasnt their last hope or even hope. The only hope they have is that oligarchs will get tired of putin and fix things. For ages some of them dont like him.
I’m not even surprised. They never really had a democracy. Power was always in the hands of tzars, commies, oligarchs or putin. Why would they have hope for freedom if they never really had it. It is sad and I really wish that Russians will finally live in a motherland where there isn’t place for imprisoning someone for having different political opinions.
They never had it, in the first place.
No idea why he should’ve been a hope, he wasn’t a good guy or anything – as xenophobic, racist and extremist like many others – just anti putin
Brave man. He shouldn’t have returned to Russia. He condemned himself on principle.
Lol, there are 140+ million people in Russia. If one guy in a Siberian gulag, who never managed any significant traction with public support in his entire career, is the country’s last hope… that’s pathetic.
Russia is a gaping hole of apathy. It’s not the fault of 140 million people that they haven’t been able to choose other political perspectives in their lifetimes. But it IS their fault that they’ve never looked for any though. As long as they have cheap gas for heating and a sufficient amount of food, they don’t give a shit about anything.
In russia, dreams of freedom don’t last long. And are always met with brutal, violent end. The only future that awaits russia is a sound of marching boots, cracking of the whip and long, long night of totalitarianism. The thing is, it was always the case. That’s what russia is. That’s what russia was. And that’s what russia always will be. It time for the civilized world to stop deluding ourselves…
If you know anything about the Russian psyche, you know that ‘hope’ is a useless emotion they disposed of centuries ago.
The only Russian I know who isn’t completely fatalistic is a guy I went to school with who immigrated in the 90s and later became a Lib Dem aide – and he’s probably more British than I am.
The guy that was almost killed abroad and has been in prison for 10 years is their hope?
Prigozhin was their last hope of some change (not necessarily positive)