Russian Liberal Opposition

KIROV/MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian court handed down a guilty verdict Thursday morning for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a Moscow mayoral candidate and vocal Kremlin critic, sentencing him to five years in jail on embezzlement charges.
The court, in the city of Kirov, about 900 kilometers (560 miles) east of Moscow, found Navalny guilty of organizing an embezzlement scheme that cost a local state-owned company, KirovLes, some $500,000, by forcing it to sell timber at below-market prices when he served as an unpaid advisor to the Kirov Region’s governor in 2009.
Navalny, who has denounced the case as politically motivated, was cuffed by court marshals and led out of the courtroom shortly after the judge announced the sentence.
The conviction, unless overturned upon appeal, will prevent Navalny, a whistle-blowing blogger well-known for leading large-scale anti-Kremlin protests, from running for public office.
“Navalny’s guilt has been proven by the testimony of witnesses,” judge Sergei Blinov read in a monotonous voice.

sepheronx wrote:http://en.rian.ru/politics/20130718/182299516/Russian-Opposition-Leader-Navalny-Found-Guilty--Court.html

sepheronx wrote:http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130720/182337683/Convicted-Opposition-Leader-Navalny-Returns-to-Moscow.html

Navalny Returns to Moscow after being freed from an appeal on Friday, is going to run for Moscow Mayor.

Viktor wrote:
He is rampaging around like chicken without head. His sentence starts in 10 days and 5 years in jail will teach him a lesson.

Kyo wrote:This is for you, TR1.

Powerpoint given by Russian opposition leader in Washington blueprints US backed violent overthrow of Putin

kvs wrote:

Kyo wrote:This is for you, TR1.

Powerpoint given by Russian opposition leader in Washington blueprints US backed violent overthrow of Putin

Surely the proper statement is the violent overthrow of the duly elected government of Russia.    The language in this
title is the typical agitprop one of trying to paint the whole of Russia as Putin and smearing him with being a tyrant.
I never see this language used on Obama and the USA.   Obama's regime is slaughtering civilians as part of the "war on
terror" and engaging in spread of violent overthrow of elected governments such as in the case of Ukraine.  

Kyo wrote:More Russians expect protests but most won't participate - poll

sepheronx wrote:What do they mean by fall of living standards in Russia?  How did the exchange rate all of a sudden drop the living standards?  How is that even possible?  Do people still have a house, access to drinkable water, food on the table and a roof over their head?  How many people have TV's?  How many of those TV's are LCD/LED?  Do they have access to such technologies?

The answer to all of these are Yes, they do.  They can purchase what they want.  And majority have a roof over their head (and not have to pay a mortgage) with drinkable water and food on the table.  So how did the living standards fall?

sepheronx wrote:http://rt.com/politics/251949-russia-kasyanov-opposition-citizenship/

didnt know where to put this, but another 5th coloumnist may get what is coming to him. A bill from opposition parties are pushing to strip citizenship for people such as Kasyanov for their blatant work for another country.

magnumcromagnon wrote:

sepheronx wrote:http://rt.com/politics/251949-russia-kasyanov-opposition-citizenship/

didnt know where to put this, but another 5th coloumnist may get what is coming to him. A bill from opposition parties are pushing to strip citizenship for people such as Kasyanov for their blatant work for another country.

Kasparov, Navalny, Kasyanov, Ponomarev, Kudrin are subversion specialists and should have their assets frozen and seized!

TR1 wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:

sepheronx wrote:http://rt.com/politics/251949-russia-kasyanov-opposition-citizenship/

didnt know where to put this, but another 5th coloumnist may get what is coming to him. A bill from opposition parties are pushing to strip citizenship for people such as Kasyanov for their blatant work for another country.

Kasparov, Navalny, Kasyanov, Ponomarev, Kudrin are subversion specialists and should have their assets frozen and seized!

YEah!

And their families should be arrested and "relocated" just to make sure they don't spread their ideological subversion!

sepheronx wrote:

TR1 wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:

sepheronx wrote:http://rt.com/politics/251949-russia-kasyanov-opposition-citizenship/

didnt know where to put this, but another 5th coloumnist may get what is coming to him. A bill from opposition parties are pushing to strip citizenship for people such as Kasyanov for their blatant work for another country.

Kasparov, Navalny, Kasyanov, Ponomarev, Kudrin are subversion specialists and should have their assets frozen and seized!

YEah!

And their families should be arrested and "relocated" just to make sure they don't spread their ideological subversion!

I don't know about you, but since you are in US, you would not be able to go to Russia (especially if you were a US politician) and asked Russian or Chinese politicians to have them sanction your fellow countrymen, and then expect to keep your job.