1/5 Now the old methods are proving less effective in forcing Navalny outside the already narrow Russian political space. My new short piece carnegie.ru/commentary/828…
2/5 It’s his increased visibility and unwitting mythologization brought about by the poisoning that have prompted the accusations that Navalny is a CIA agent parroting a foreign paymaster’s charges against Putin personally bit.ly/3jzeZOX
3/5 Putin, who believes that enemies deserve respect, while traitors do not, doesn’t want to do Navalny the honor of giving him the status of an enemy.
4/5 After all, a real politician, even an enemy one, works independently, while a secret agent, who merely repeats what they are told by a foreign intelligence agency, is by definition a traitor.
5/5 And so, in just one stroke, Navalny goes from being an enemy to a traitor, and his status is diminished. The accusations of insulting the president have precisely the same effect bit.ly/3jzeZOX
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