Does supporting Navalny always mean supporting him personally? The answer is no. Many presume that all Russians who publicly voice their support for Navalny wish him to be Russia’s president and thus endorse his political program. It is far from the truth.
Whether it is the case of his views on migration or reconsidering privatisation of the 1990s or a dozen other issues. The truth is he is the only one who was able to create a political infrastructure capable of challenging Putin’s “System”.
To the day he is the only political agent in Russia that offers a possibility to deconstruct authoritarian personalised regime that stifles economic development and constantly creates FP crises around Russia. Large numbers of Russians want a reasonable relationship with US and EU
If “Navalny wins” as in Putin is no longer president, it doesn’t automatically mean he is to become Russia’s new president. Free and fair elections are to be held that would determine whether Navalny is in fact the best option. But he has to have the right to participate both...
individually and as part of a political party running for the Duma. You would be surprised but supply would be abundant with various versions of “liberalism” and “conservatism”.
As far as foreign policy is concerned, whatever comes after Putin would hardly be more aggressive towards “the West”.First of all,Russians are tired of aggressive FP (dozens of polls confirm that). Russian resources for aggressive FP are very limited and there are no objective...
reasons for a new government to continue it the way it is. China is hardly a viable alternative for Russia. Even a former Putin cabinet official will have to be more reasonable when it comes to dealing with “the West”.
What it comes down to - there can’t be any improvements under Putin: worsening likely, stabilisation maybe. But definitely no improvements under Putin.
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