The Death of Alexei Navalny: What Does This Means for Russia and the World?

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  • @warographics643
    @warographics643  Před 3 měsíci +553

    Our regular episode of the Situation Room will be coming tomorrow. It made sense to push it a day in order to get this out. Thanks for your patience.

    • @Hamsteren91
      @Hamsteren91 Před 3 měsíci +6

      You are deliberately deleting comments you don't like. Shame on you

    • @np8139
      @np8139 Před 3 měsíci +30

      @@Hamsteren91 YT automatically deletes comments for the mildest of reasons and does not notify you when this has happened. It's possible that is what's happened to your deleted comments. It's also possible that you're a troll and your comments were deleted for good reason.

    • @leolyon2373
      @leolyon2373 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Thank you as always Simon, for your integrity and discretion. From the Bronx.

    • @idarpolden5913
      @idarpolden5913 Před 3 měsíci +9

      @@np8139 there is a lot of simple day to day words that youtube automaticly banns the whole comments because of.

    • @ericmartin5720
      @ericmartin5720 Před 3 měsíci

      Read my post from a few minutes ago, prime candidate for sure.

  • @tomsmith2587
    @tomsmith2587 Před 3 měsíci +2424

    Putin had to get creative with this one because there were no windows in his jail cell for him to fall out of.

    • @jeffc1753
      @jeffc1753 Před 3 měsíci +256

      “Sudden Death Syndrome” is literally the least creative farce I’ve ever heard.

    • @chadimirputin2282
      @chadimirputin2282 Před 3 měsíci +63

      ​@@jeffc1753like a blood clot from the clot shot 😂

    • @latenerd2441
      @latenerd2441 Před 3 měsíci +16

      Putin literally had to do nothing but wait for Navalny to mouth off to some convicts. Every prison has its own rules

    • @jeffc1753
      @jeffc1753 Před 3 měsíci +143

      @@latenerd2441 Dang, you’re clueless, and I suspect willfully.

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@jeffc1753You're the clueless one if you're still believing western propwash

  • @daverin649
    @daverin649 Před 3 měsíci +81

    The lack of ads on a topic of this severity is a breath of fresh air.

  • @utilitarian
    @utilitarian Před 3 měsíci +44

    From the media, I always found Navalny to be a unique man in how he blatantly tackled (and trolled) the Russian government. He knew he would likely die, yet didn’t give up in the pursuit of what he felt was right.
    The world could do with a few Navalny’s right now. RIP

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid Před 3 měsíci

      if anything maybe a few would spy on pro-Russian forums, groups, and meetings across the world.

  • @brettlapeare7306
    @brettlapeare7306 Před 3 měsíci +67

    Compared to all other news networks this is by far the best synopsis of this man and shows how strong humanity can be.

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci

      Navalny was a US asset, Wikileaks have revealed he was being paid by Washington....and you think this is quality news😂

  • @marilynjarvis8228
    @marilynjarvis8228 Před 3 měsíci +1449

    There are many authoritarians today, unfortunately. I find some comfort in this quote "Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always."
    Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography

    • @RickMentore
      @RickMentore Před 3 měsíci

      No they dont always fall, most of them die comfortable at old age, Mao Zedong, Castro, Franco, Stalin!

    • @andreasottohansen7338
      @andreasottohansen7338 Před 3 měsíci +138

      Time is the enemy that no man, no beast, and no thing can beat.
      Sadly, tyrants are frequently replaced with tyrants.

    • @mzaki8503
      @mzaki8503 Před 3 měsíci +26

      Exactly - That's why the fall of America is inevitable

    • @urubissoldat5452
      @urubissoldat5452 Před 3 měsíci +44

      Gandhi was an autocrat who beget autocrats.

    • @Gregknows-uj8gg
      @Gregknows-uj8gg Před 3 měsíci +10

      Are you so sure of that. With the advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the advancement of Medical technology it may soon become possible for people with great wealth too live a very, very long time. There is also the hint of an Ancient Religion that allows the healing of the body thru the sacrifice of others.

  • @BRUtahn
    @BRUtahn Před 3 měsíci +1201

    He tried to start a labor union in the gulag
    What a madlad, may his name be forever remembered.

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci +34

      He will soon be forgotten

    • @Youre-so-right
      @Youre-so-right Před 3 měsíci +17

      @@Leah-ju8ht never going to happen.. The whole situation is a none issue, at the end of the day its Putins Russia and he can do w.e he likes with his people and given history is written by the victors.. Navalny lost.

    • @morbidzombii
      @morbidzombii Před 3 měsíci

      @@gmw3083when Russia falls fails or Putin dies, Navanly will be remembers as a stepping stone towards Russian democracy.

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci +6

      @@Leah-ju8ht I'm already forgotten. I wouldn't have it any other way.

    • @gideonhammer577
      @gideonhammer577 Před 3 měsíci +70

      @@Youre-so-rightthat was how it was before the age of information. It’s almost impossible to cover this up as long as the internet exists.

  • @chrissoclone
    @chrissoclone Před 3 měsíci +41

    His wife, now widow, has announced she would continue his mission (as she already did), so even if her chances are slim the chapter Navaly might not be completely closed yet.

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid Před 3 měsíci +1

      Like all opposition figures, his death may not be the last.

  • @trevornewton2646
    @trevornewton2646 Před 3 měsíci +67

    Nevalny was never afraid of Putin. There was no mortal fear.

    • @Tungyska
      @Tungyska Před 3 měsíci

      He was very strong, a truly strong personality

  • @TK_Brainslug
    @TK_Brainslug Před 3 měsíci +797

    I was honestly surprised that he let Navalny live for so long. Prigoschin signed his death certificate when he stopped his march on Moscow

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg Před 3 měsíci

      In the last 1000 years, nobody dared to attack Moscow, how putin could leave him unpunished?

    • @usonumabeach300
      @usonumabeach300 Před 3 měsíci +19

      Hard to fight a war when your opponents have your family and those of your officers

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 Před 3 měsíci +122

      ​@@usonumabeach300 you dont just start a rebelliom and stop halfway... if you start one, see it to the end. Thats how all the big ones went troughout history. That marching could have been the start of a civil war and the destruction of putin but alas

    • @wisew4932
      @wisew4932 Před 3 měsíci

      Why would they kill him? No one gave a damn about him since they put him in jail. He posed no threat, had no money and no influence. Prigozhin had 25000 armed dudes ready for action and billions in his pocket. And his "march" was seen as a betrayal. That's why he was taken out so quickly. Navalny never came close to any real power other than on the internet. When he started to present some sort of a threat, he was poisoned and then jailed. The idea of him being some kind of Putin's sworn enemy is ridiculos. Putin probably didn't even bother to think about him too much.

    • @tsartomato
      @tsartomato Před 3 měsíci

      jin as in treaSure

  • @biggestfan.
    @biggestfan. Před 3 měsíci +509

    Regardless of this man's ideal political structure his courage and bravery is to be admired. To face death is nothing.. but to face a decade of torture, whether it be mental or physical, puts an unimaginable burden on the soul. I don't think there are words that can properly express what he went through.

    • @escos0410
      @escos0410 Před 3 měsíci +24

      I can…
      I was married 😔

    • @ryangilles4837
      @ryangilles4837 Před 3 měsíci

      He was a CIA backed puppet who was attempting to start a color revolution, the same thing that happened in Ukraine

    • @rafelingd
      @rafelingd Před 3 měsíci +6

      @@escos0410 lol😆

    • @escos0410
      @escos0410 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@rafelingd 😂😂

    • @dopecat4012
      @dopecat4012 Před 3 měsíci +9

      Navalny literally called for the genocide all Muslims in Russia in a 2007 video. He presented himself as a “certified nationalist” who wanted to exterminate “flies and cockroaches”. He was a diehard nationalist who attended far-right/neo-Nazi rallies in Russia. Only recently he started toning it down because his Western handlers told him to. He also supported the annexation of Crimea. What a great guy he was, eh?

  • @ionnicoara6657
    @ionnicoara6657 Před 3 měsíci +17

    I used to watch Navalnyi,
    They killed him 100%
    I mean they almost killed him before like 2 or 3 times
    Sad, nothing will change because nothing changed when Nemtzov was killed, and Nemtzov was a bigger political figure

  • @MrSpasticdancer
    @MrSpasticdancer Před 3 měsíci +57

    i can't fathom his level of defiance and resilience

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Yeah he was working for Washington Wikileaks has revealed his payments, what a patriot. He had 3 percent support from Russian people..almost Nelson Mandela😂😂😂😂😂

  • @MrPapamaci88
    @MrPapamaci88 Před 3 měsíci +490

    So Navalny returned to Russia to become a martyr, he had no other option to fight Putin realistically and we'll see if he succeeded in the short- or long-term. Even if his death does not bring change in Russia in the coming years, people will remember, another name to remember for those Russians who hate oppression.

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg Před 3 měsíci +16

      Once you smell the political blood, hard to resist the temptation and dream of being famous

    • @MrPapamaci88
      @MrPapamaci88 Před 3 měsíci

      @@DK-ev9dg It has less to do with clout and more about him giving it his all to fight what he believed in and also that no matter what Putin does, he IS a martyr. That's always a massive defeat to any regime since martyrs never go away, they become symbols and ideals which you cannot kill.
      I doubt anything comes of this in the next few years but such things accumulate like the drops of water in the proverbial bucket, it will spill one day.

    • @odinulveson9101
      @odinulveson9101 Před 3 měsíci

      Idiotic move to go back to russia. Its not worth being a martyr when especially the impact seem like a bloodrop in a sea of blood

    • @sergeyt2947
      @sergeyt2947 Před 3 měsíci +13

      realistically - he had no option to fight putler at all.

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 Před 3 měsíci +5

      in other words, useless. so typical.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 měsíci +213

    9:00 - Chapter 1 - Navalny, imprisoned
    20:00 - Chapter 2 - Russia after Navalny
    PS : Now you truly have a "situation room" !

    • @Kpot009
      @Kpot009 Před 3 měsíci +4

      "Alexei Navalny ally quits after urging EU to drop sanctions against oligarchs" - The Gaurdian, 2023.
      Navalny was serving his masters.

    • @vipecrx
      @vipecrx Před 3 měsíci

      burner account so must be true. @@Kpot009

    • @Somerandomname1999
      @Somerandomname1999 Před 3 měsíci

      Oh, Russian bots are at it again. Navalny never urged to drop sanctions from oligarchs He was the one who was doing quite opposite.

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci

      He was being paid by Washington revealed by wiki leaks, he was a double agent.

  • @masamune2984
    @masamune2984 Před 3 měsíci +85

    A Russian journalist put it beautifully: “We in Russia never doubted that, somehow, Navalny would become our George Washington. We have lost that, but we gained our Martin Luther King, Jr.”

    • @patrickmunneke8348
      @patrickmunneke8348 Před 3 měsíci +12

      Lmao😂😂

    • @UnknownOps
      @UnknownOps Před 3 měsíci +15

      That's what I thought at l least, Navalny might've known, that if he died in prison, he will become a martyr for his ideals and inspire others in the wake of his death.

    • @veternik-4563
      @veternik-4563 Před 3 měsíci

      Did you just put M.L.King with a Navalny Russian Nazi

    • @heybeter9505
      @heybeter9505 Před 3 měsíci +6

      @@UnknownOpswho exactly did he inspire- oh yeah his unfaithful wife almost forgot about her

    • @Cris_the_coder
      @Cris_the_coder Před 3 měsíci

      @@heybeter9505imagine how lintel pu must have felt to kill him

  • @angiewilliams8502
    @angiewilliams8502 Před 3 měsíci +132

    I want to cry so bad..... never give up.

  • @Tini_Scrapitti
    @Tini_Scrapitti Před 3 měsíci +434

    Putler refusing to release Navalny's intact body for independent autopsy and assessment will amount to an admission of guilt of his murder.

    • @ALMAZ157
      @ALMAZ157 Před 3 měsíci +16

      “Independent autopsy”
      Why would federal structure do that, they have their own means and they have the authority to conduct them

    • @libertas5005
      @libertas5005 Před 3 měsíci

      And they have their corrupt investigators to falsify the reports.@@ALMAZ157

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 Před 3 měsíci +110

      ​@@ALMAZ157 if you need someone to explain it to you then you aren't going to listen to the explanation

    • @terryjames548
      @terryjames548 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Bingo

    • @wisew4932
      @wisew4932 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@ALMAZ157 It doesn't worth explaining, the guy already thinks Putin has nothing else to do but personaly hide the body from the "independent autopsy" because he murdered him with his own hands or something.

  • @GoodThings4GoodPeople
    @GoodThings4GoodPeople Před 3 měsíci +193

    RIP Alexei you gave everything you could give including your life for your fellow countrymen. We can only hope it helps to galvanize and motivate true changes.

    • @patrickmunneke8348
      @patrickmunneke8348 Před 3 měsíci +21

      He has almost no support😂🤣

    • @lochdedy8674
      @lochdedy8674 Před 3 měsíci

      Navalny would have been just as bad as Putin as he sided with neo-nazis and ultranationalists. Don't feel sorry for him.

    • @jeffc1753
      @jeffc1753 Před 3 měsíci +43

      @@patrickmunneke8348You’re the enemy of all that is good.

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci +11

      ​@@jeffc1753Your enemy is reality

    • @jeffc1753
      @jeffc1753 Před 3 měsíci

      @@gmw3083 There’s no truth in anything associated with Trump, Putin, Carlson, and those like you who ingest their trash blindly.

  • @whoknowsflapjack8754
    @whoknowsflapjack8754 Před 3 měsíci +11

    Thanks Simon and team, I have never been into wars however this channel has got me hooked!

  • @Heavysweating
    @Heavysweating Před 3 měsíci +46

    I'm glad that I can count on you guys for neutral narrative, and didn't try to sugarcoat Navalny as some sort of saint. While some of his views was far from ideal to western ideology, he did stand as an important person for Russian opposition.

    • @jaxsally
      @jaxsally Před 3 měsíci +4

      Agree and well said!

    • @patrickmunneke8348
      @patrickmunneke8348 Před 3 měsíci

      For who? The West? He was for sale for anybody who would buy him.

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci +2

      😂😂😂 hi was a cia asset, he was taking payments from Washington as revealed by Wikileaks.....sugar coat😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @linashern4316
      @linashern4316 Před 3 měsíci +1

      As a person who lives in russian opposition context, I can say that Navalny has changed some of his views he had in 2014-2017 (in positive way). His statements changed.
      But I also do not like when people call him “saint”. Nobody is saint, especially politicians. But he was a great man with his pros and cons, who really wanted to see his country free, peaceful and democratic. He was an inspiration for many young people, even if they don’t support some of his views. That’s why even decolonisation activists in russia support him and his family these days.
      (And yeah, western ideology experiences crisis, let’s not forget who bought gas and oil and sold police equipment even after 2014..)

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci

      @@linashern4316 Navalny was polling at 3 percent....he was a Washington asset outlined by Wikileaks.....people are easier to fool than animals.

  • @imperiumbrasiliae
    @imperiumbrasiliae Před 3 měsíci +90

    I'm surprised he lived this long

  • @aspacelex
    @aspacelex Před 3 měsíci +15

    Saying that Russia was part of the USSR is like saying England was part of the British empire.

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid Před 3 měsíci

      its as if Putin wants to be king...

    • @Tungyska
      @Tungyska Před 3 měsíci

      Not certainly in that way. Of all the republics, Russia was the largest and most significant. Unfortunately, there was no equality between the republics. It was also an empire

    • @spooksmalloy
      @spooksmalloy Před 3 měsíci +1

      It's more like saying England is part of the UK.

    • @aspacelex
      @aspacelex Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@Tungyska What nuance are you even trying to bring into this? The USSR was an iteration of the Russian empire.

    • @aspacelex
      @aspacelex Před 3 měsíci

      @@spooksmalloy How is that a more accurate analogy?

  • @TheBrosiedon
    @TheBrosiedon Před 3 měsíci +13

    Excellent video Simon

  • @TheForeignGamer
    @TheForeignGamer Před 3 měsíci +106

    Those who oppose or fight against truth will always eventually have their own lies laid bare for all to see, one way or another.

    • @GTMSGAMES
      @GTMSGAMES Před 3 měsíci +3

      What good does it do whenever the people who don't want their illusion broken refuse

    • @user-fi8uc9gb2t
      @user-fi8uc9gb2t Před 3 měsíci +7

      @@GTMSGAMES That’s likely the main issue in Russia about this; many Russians must see Putin for what he truly is but refuse to oppose him out of fear.

    • @GTMSGAMES
      @GTMSGAMES Před 3 měsíci

      @@user-fi8uc9gb2t fear of what like holy shit just revolt already? Same as the rest of the world. It's time to revolt against all the wrong happening to everyone

    • @vadimivanov3627
      @vadimivanov3627 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@user-fi8uc9gb2t more due to the lack of options

    • @lucamckenn5932
      @lucamckenn5932 Před 3 měsíci

      I assure you, while this is happening, 99 percent of the world doesn't care. If you ask me? Other people only pretend to care about others. Until they are a victim. Or someone they know. Most people didn't give a shit about hitler until well after his warpath was underway. Most didnt care about stalin as he devoured his own. Most dont care about putin ashe devours others. I dont think people are capable of caring about anyone other than themselves. You see plenty of evidence to support this.

  • @EpicgamerwinXD6669
    @EpicgamerwinXD6669 Před 3 měsíci +270

    It is worth noting that Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev, the current President of Kazakhstan described the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as "quasi state territories", and said Kazakhstan would never recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent countries when he was sitting just a few meters away from Putin, at festival held at Putin's home town, to which Tokayev was the guest of honor. Tokayev is still alive and still President of Kazakhstan, what a Chad.

    • @reaperhd1883
      @reaperhd1883 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Depends he is a politician they say something and do something else some of the time

    • @Bah56
      @Bah56 Před 3 měsíci +70

      There's a major difference between removing internal opposition and removing a leader of another state.

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci +9

      ​@Bah56 also, there is a major difference between an irrelevant nobody and a head of state. Putin didn't care about Navalny. His untimely end does putin no good

    • @DrewJersey2024
      @DrewJersey2024 Před 3 měsíci +21

      @@gmw3083The arrogance in the tone of your post exposes just how naive/misinformed or purposefully misleading your words are.

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci +5

      @@DrewJersey2024 They kicked him out of Russia once and said, "Don't come back, or you'll go to jail." He was a paid See Eye Eh asset, so his handlers told him to go back. Very few in Russia will miss the traitor...

  • @jeremy8189
    @jeremy8189 Před 3 měsíci +71

    3 weeks to get to the "penal work colony" north of the arctic circle ? .....yeah that's the gulag... call it whatever you want, thats a gulag.

    • @Tungyska
      @Tungyska Před 3 měsíci +2

      I'm from Russia. All Russian prisons are torture chambers. But the Gulag was distinguished by its incredible scale, torture was routine

    • @WerJoy
      @WerJoy Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@Tungyska Hon, the Harp is an ex Gulag construction site. Some of the Gulag places still fully functioning like Kraslag (не Енисейстрой, а просто Краслаг)

    • @Tungyska
      @Tungyska Před 2 měsíci

      @@WerJoy what is the difference between the gulag and current Russian prisons?

  • @gregtheflyingwhale6480
    @gregtheflyingwhale6480 Před 3 měsíci +27

    He was a very brave man. Too brave for politics. May he rest in peace.

  • @TheRattyBiker
    @TheRattyBiker Před 3 měsíci +75

    I buy the narrative he had a walk, felt ill and died... A forced walk, nude maybe, in the Arctic will cause that.

  • @anstydye605
    @anstydye605 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I cannot believe that Alexey is dead. I still remember 2017 when he could easily travel around Russia with his pre-election program, opening anti-corruption units in Russian regions. Everything seems to have changed in a blink of an eye:(

  • @chazzikins
    @chazzikins Před 3 měsíci +50

    Thanks!

  • @I_enjoy_some_things
    @I_enjoy_some_things Před 3 měsíci +12

    Putin makes me sick. This must be how our ancestors felt during the lead up to WW2.

    • @goldbullet50
      @goldbullet50 Před 3 měsíci +1

      That's literally how anyone feels whenever any country starts a war... And wars happen all the time.

  • @charlieboy13
    @charlieboy13 Před 3 měsíci +67

    I was keenly waiting for this one. Fantastic analysis as always

    • @RickMentore
      @RickMentore Před 3 měsíci +2

      Perhaps the most comprehensive look at Navalny's story!

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci +3

      ​@@RickMentoreNo mention of Navalny being a paid See Eye Eh asset here. Why do you think that is?

    • @noobienoobie6358
      @noobienoobie6358 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@gmw3083 Just write CIA man. The fact you're infecting the whole comment section tells me you're nothing but a troll

    • @Ramblin_Ed
      @Ramblin_Ed Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@gmw30832+2=5, War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength Big brother is watching you

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci

      @@noobienoobie6358 Thanks for letting me know CIA is ok here. It will get a comment erased on some outlets

  • @WORNTUXEDO
    @WORNTUXEDO Před 3 měsíci +20

    Greetings from Moscow. Great and truthful video, good job Simon.
    r.i.p Alexey.

  • @davidsonderby3676
    @davidsonderby3676 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Good good great content!

  • @alexjames4277
    @alexjames4277 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Amazing episode. Thanks so much for these videos!

  • @stephanieterreblanche9470
    @stephanieterreblanche9470 Před 3 měsíci +13

    Excellent work, Simon and team. Sobering, informative. Rest in peace to a brave man.

  • @Kaltagstar96
    @Kaltagstar96 Před 3 měsíci +88

    This is absolutely tragic what Navalny had to go through and it honestly seems like the only way that Putin would be booted out is if the actual Russian army (and not a paramilitary force like the Wagner Group) would revolt and that seems, to quote Simon in this video, Implausible at best.

    • @veternik-4563
      @veternik-4563 Před 3 měsíci

      Navalny was a literally Nazi supporter, there should no be sympathy for those. Also He was just a paid agent to do what the highest bidder paid

    • @heybeter9505
      @heybeter9505 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Of course its impossible, why would they? The average online slav can see that western society is facetious at most, no different than their current situation

    • @user-sf8wo8yl8f
      @user-sf8wo8yl8f Před 3 měsíci

      Хрен вам!!!

    • @_NIKOS9_NIKOS
      @_NIKOS9_NIKOS Před 3 měsíci

      @@heybeter9505 how many of the 70 western countries arrest people for leaving flowers at memorials and executes people for the crime of running for president ? Miss me with this whole "both sides are the same" BS.

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci

      Putin had no need to knock him off, most probably a CIA job.

  • @Robert_Douglass
    @Robert_Douglass Před 3 měsíci +24

    "Who else in Putin's Russia has any hope at all if standing against the Czar?" Bluntly and brilliantly put, because it drives home the distinction between Putin's vision and the interpretation by many of Putin's vision for Russia. Many believe he wishes to restore the Soviet Union, and this is simply not the case. As he himself has put it on more than one occasion, it is the Russian Empire before it that he wants to bring back.

  • @Stiffytheenlightened
    @Stiffytheenlightened Před 3 měsíci +37

    Elergy to a dictator
    Did he fall or was he hushed?
    Did he fall or was he pushed?
    Did he fall or was he crushed?
    Did he fall or was he mushed?
    Perhaps he just drank the tea.
    By Vladimir Novichok

  • @mattiemathis9549
    @mattiemathis9549 Před 3 měsíci +17

    Yes! Been waiting for this!

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Před 3 měsíci

      The paid shill show is here. Oh what fun...

  • @Bleedz79
    @Bleedz79 Před 3 měsíci +16

    Thanks for the details. Well said

  • @misterjones7929
    @misterjones7929 Před 3 měsíci +46

    Great overview of the life of a brave man. Thanks.

  • @mastpg
    @mastpg Před 3 měsíci +60

    Of the thousands of way he makes Putin look like a cartoon-child villain by comparison, nowhere on earth is there a painting of Navalny shirtless riding a bear. Not nearly the total testament of his life but more than enough to surpass Dr Evil.

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci

      Navalny was such a patriot he was taking payments from Washington revealed by Wikileaks....what a traitor to his own people, i guess thats why he was polling at 3 percent popularity😂 but as long as you believe in yr small little brain washed media 💩world that he was a hero😂

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 3 měsíci +25

    Thanks For these🎉🎉🎉❤❤

  • @slavchobrusev
    @slavchobrusev Před 3 měsíci +13

    Great background!

  • @JurisKankalis
    @JurisKankalis Před 3 měsíci +7

    When he returned to Russia couple of days after getting out of the hospital and almost dying - and got arrested immediately - I distinctly remember thinking: this man is either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid. He was probably a bit of both, a real antidote to Putin - against everything that Putin is. Then I thought - he’s probably incredibly clever, too - because he knows that people will rally behind him - and that if he does indeed die, it will cause uprising and protests all around Russia, maybe a new era - or at least its precursors. That was then. THIS IS NOW. Now he is indeed dead. He did live out his ultimate sacrifice - through strength, bravery and constant fighting against the thief and rat that is Putin. WHAT WILL IT GIVE? What has Navalny done - what has he achieved - by returning from Germany (where ha was safe, relatively) - to his motherland? Will this ultimate sacrifice mean anything? NO. Someone somewhere will write a nice poem. Maybe a song. Maybe a book. Dedicate it to Navalny. The rat will keep on enjoying doing absolutely whatever he pleases both to his own nation - and to some of his neighbouring nations, too. There is no cure against the rat. At least not in the current Russia which is too afraid and too comfortable sinking in their own garbage.

    • @emmily9586
      @emmily9586 Před 3 měsíci +1

      In the doc of him when he decides to return to Russia it felt sad, devastating and hopeless. It also seemed his whole family where just there to say goodby for forever. I get the idea of martyr as some sort of protection, but no. This is how he decided to walk to his death.

  • @stephaniebarker9244
    @stephaniebarker9244 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Great narrator, clear and well paced. Thank you.

  • @Emustrider
    @Emustrider Před 3 měsíci +9

    I love this channel, easily my favourite on this site. Always such amazing work.

    • @DK-ev9dg
      @DK-ev9dg Před 3 měsíci

      He is China hater, Russia hater, Asia hater western mouthpiece

  • @vitorpereira9515
    @vitorpereira9515 Před 3 měsíci +28

    Navalny was the last victim of that cruel tyrant. One day Putin will pay for his crimes, if not before men, then before God. Rest in peace all those who were victims of this monster, you will not be forgotten.

    • @fan4life
      @fan4life Před 3 měsíci

      Nazi from Ukraine defending a Nazi from Russia. Surprise surprise

    • @patrickmunneke8348
      @patrickmunneke8348 Před 3 měsíci +6

      Zelensky will burn in hell for what he has done.

    • @theonlytnargmatt
      @theonlytnargmatt Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@patrickmunneke8348 yes how dare he resist an invasion!? Christ you putiniods are all the same.

    • @alenahubbard1391
      @alenahubbard1391 Před 3 měsíci +11

      ​@@patrickmunneke8348How's life on the troll farm Ivan?

    • @Tetragramix
      @Tetragramix Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@alenahubbard1391 How's life as an NPC?

  • @DILFDylF
    @DILFDylF Před 3 měsíci +6

    "What Does This Means"
    Yes, comrade, what DOES this means? 🤨

  • @mikealexander1859
    @mikealexander1859 Před 3 měsíci +22

    Wait, I thought Tucker said this was an awesome country with really cool shopping carts?

    • @nemo-x
      @nemo-x Před 3 měsíci +5

      Cool shopping carts don't make up for an exKGB with no moral compass.

    • @kieranklein2527
      @kieranklein2527 Před 3 měsíci

      Comes close tho right?​@@nemo-x

    • @Jimmydog777
      @Jimmydog777 Před 3 měsíci

      This guy was a spy he died a spy and traitor to Russia. He was taking money to overthrow another government

    • @patrickmunneke8348
      @patrickmunneke8348 Před 3 měsíci

      Russia is a lot nicer and safer than American racial jungles, i.e., cities.

    • @flexinclouds
      @flexinclouds Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah those things can still be true, but doesnt mean Putin's a good person. He never said he was

  • @michaelschuette1743
    @michaelschuette1743 Před 3 měsíci +19

    That guy had the biggest balls

  • @Nerdvanna98
    @Nerdvanna98 Před 3 měsíci +18

    Well if hes Russia's Nelson Mandela, just give it a few years and he'll be alive while we're all swearing that we remembered him dying in prison.

    • @alwayshavestrengthjoy7450
      @alwayshavestrengthjoy7450 Před 3 měsíci +4

      I hope so, and I remember what you said!

    • @veternik-4563
      @veternik-4563 Před 3 měsíci

      Dude was paid opposition and literally Nazi supporter. Inform yourself before you put him in same sentence with Mandela

  • @imperial_corner
    @imperial_corner Před 3 měsíci +1

    I like the new set. You do look about the 20 years older somehow. We are the same age lol

  • @shaun7142
    @shaun7142 Před 3 měsíci +3

    The sad thing here beyond the death of Navalny is that without a voice to rally around, not only is Putin's dictatorship even more likely to continue, but even when Putin eventually leaves office (one way or another) there still might not be someone to rally around. That means either a Putin successor takes over, or chaos. And what's it all for? Navalny for all of his issues was a true believer and a Russian Patriot who bravely returned to Russia even knowing what would happen. Putin OTOH, fled from Moscow when Prigozhin was on the march. What more is there to say about such a petty and cowardly man?
    Well, if anyone is interested, Mark Galeotti is a British lecturer and historian on Russia, and he posted a video on his youtube channel about Navalny (the channel shares his name). It's worth a listen IMO, even though it didn't add any context. Though, his first video on Navalny talked about his arrival at Polar Wolf, and how he commented, "I am your new Santa Claus".

  • @user-yn5me8du7w
    @user-yn5me8du7w Před 3 měsíci +13

    EXCELLENT REPORTING!!!!!!!!

  • @kelly0101
    @kelly0101 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Holy smokes, this guy has another channel. What is this, I keep finding more and more channel with this man presenting. Are we just all evolving into him? Is he multiplying? Should I be afraid?

  • @kev_sen
    @kev_sen Před 3 měsíci +5

    Navalny's better half was Ukrainian. His distant uncle was executed at the start of the invasion in Bucha just for sharing the same last name.

  • @marilynjarvis8228
    @marilynjarvis8228 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Heartbreaking death. I hope to live to witness the murderer putin join stalin. I do hope Alexei's body is released to his family. My condolences to the Navalny family.

  • @danreab8562
    @danreab8562 Před 3 měsíci +11

    Well spoken and to the point. You leave little room for argument and speculation. That's why I watch you. You just say it as it was. Barely adding your own opinion.

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci

      Little room for argument? How about the fact Navalny was taking payments from Washington revealed by Wikileaks...
      He's been paid to lie because hes a well known YT face.

  • @ki-fz8td
    @ki-fz8td Před 3 měsíci +1

    I read the title for this vid like smeagol 😂

  • @lenkacfk7155
    @lenkacfk7155 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Great episode, thanks so much for the work you do!

  • @timlawyerx9
    @timlawyerx9 Před 3 měsíci +21

    Thanks for this - may he rest in peace.

  • @ccostandinclaudia
    @ccostandinclaudia Před 3 měsíci +4

    The fact that I turned to your channels for real informations than news outlets proffs you are doing a great work. Please keep the good work

    • @tsartomato
      @tsartomato Před 3 měsíci +1

      meeeeeeeeeh the writers often don't do any research and make shit up on the fly

  • @MrSaxense2
    @MrSaxense2 Před 3 měsíci +3

    There is a typo in the title. It should be "What Does This *Mean* for Russia and the World?"

  • @onepiecebarca
    @onepiecebarca Před 3 měsíci

    anyone knows why they keep the biographics link in the description?

  • @csonracsonra9962
    @csonracsonra9962 Před 3 měsíci +28

    Putin reminds me so much of Hitler because he was a little man given power to begin with and then elected by the public an, he was mad about a previous war event against the West and started building up against it

    • @Progamermove_2003
      @Progamermove_2003 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Except that he is also an ex-KGB agent. Compared to H1tler, he already had a head start.

    • @m.c.martin
      @m.c.martin Před 3 měsíci

      Hitler never never elected, at least not for President

    • @Tetragramix
      @Tetragramix Před 3 měsíci +11

      Comparing any politician to Hitler these days, no matter how alike they actually are, just shows that you have nothing of value to say.

    • @m.c.martin
      @m.c.martin Před 3 měsíci

      Hitler was never elected President of Germany though. It’s a misconception people have

    • @alexeyamosov664
      @alexeyamosov664 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Tetragramixwhy tho? Why is comparing someone to Hitler something taboo? An analogy can’t be a strong argument by itself, but Hitler was a really important figure, so why can’t other politicians be compared to him?

  • @sandercohen5543
    @sandercohen5543 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Damn, that was fast

  • @Jens_Heika
    @Jens_Heika Před 3 měsíci +1

    The existence of international news, of alternative information channels gives me hope for a future without tyranny.

  • @AlexanderDunn-cj5me
    @AlexanderDunn-cj5me Před 3 měsíci +13

    This is the best report you have ever done. I feel heartbroken.

  • @kyledabearsfan
    @kyledabearsfan Před 3 měsíci +46

    I really hope Vladimir the Underwear Poisoner catches on. Its what Putin fears the most, a legacy in tatters.

    • @JDDC-tq7qm
      @JDDC-tq7qm Před 3 měsíci

      No Putin will be remembered for fighting against western expansion in the sacred historical lands of Russia

  • @xantares13
    @xantares13 Před 3 měsíci +4

    What happened to Navalny is what happens to us if we give power to dictators.

  • @adamtheman17
    @adamtheman17 Před 3 měsíci +6

    feels like putin is going way to far and this is just going to keep on happening till putin is stopped

  • @dgpsf
    @dgpsf Před 3 měsíci

    Subscribed in honor of this powerful story. Really well researched and informative, explaining the full story in context.

  • @cupidsfavouritecherub9327
    @cupidsfavouritecherub9327 Před 3 měsíci +9

    "A dead horse would have frozen to death" lol. RIP Navalny but that was funny

  • @thecrippledone3325
    @thecrippledone3325 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I am shooketh......it didn't happen earlier.

  • @vaniaoliveiradasilvagama254
    @vaniaoliveiradasilvagama254 Před 3 měsíci +1

    É de cortar o coraçao, sou mãe, esse rapaz podia ser meu filho, A Luz Divina o Acolha!

  • @Psychid5
    @Psychid5 Před 3 měsíci +4

    "Dead horse would freeze to death in about 15 minutes." Is this a bad translation?

    • @zenster1097
      @zenster1097 Před 3 měsíci

      Ask the horse.

    • @Psychid5
      @Psychid5 Před 3 měsíci

      @@zenster1097 but the horse is dead

    • @Sithoid
      @Sithoid Před 3 měsíci +5

      It is. The original verb he used was "промёрзла" which means something like "freeze through", "freeze to the core".

  • @Arterexius
    @Arterexius Před 3 měsíci +10

    The thing about ruling through fear, is that it's incredibly short term and always leads to a more violent end than the entire oppression ever displayed. Ruling through fear is so temporary because sooner or later you will run out of threats. Sooner or later the populous stops caring, cause why bother to obey when they will kill you anyway? There's a reason why the greatest empires lasted as long as they did. They avoided ruling through fear and preferred ruling through love. If your people love you, they are willing to do anything for you. If your people fear you, they will hate you and secretly plot against you, wishing you only death.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes Před 3 měsíci +5

      Ruling through fear is entirely capable of creating long lasting regimes.

    • @gilbertoortega3274
      @gilbertoortega3274 Před 3 měsíci +5

      You need to learn way more about history, man. But if you want a more recent example, I present to you:
      North Korea

    • @MacCanma
      @MacCanma Před 3 měsíci

      this is some kindergarten level of thought. and i see history wasnt your strong suit in school.

  • @archstanton6102
    @archstanton6102 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Simon, a video idea for this channel would be "who takes over ehen Putin dies and could there be a Russian civil war?"

  • @maartjegoede9330
    @maartjegoede9330 Před 3 měsíci +1

    He's the definition of bravery. Knowingly going back to Russia pending his death.
    I will forever remember him... I rarely cry, but i cried throughout that day ...

  • @duanekage6084
    @duanekage6084 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Simon is about to go missing lol....I didn't hear one "allegedly" 😂

  • @andreasmuller4666
    @andreasmuller4666 Před 3 měsíci +4

    The only suprise regarding this is that it happend now and that it took this long for it to happen.
    Rather sad that this was the to be expected endresult.

  • @wh0_am_152
    @wh0_am_152 Před 3 měsíci +25

    I will forever refer to Putin as Vladimir the underpants poisoner.

  • @laanksnn
    @laanksnn Před 3 měsíci

    Your voice is so calming ang reassuring even though youre explaining terrible realities

  • @garymcderp1146
    @garymcderp1146 Před 3 měsíci +2

    With no one left in Putin’s way everyone should be worried about who will take power after Putin. In his inner circle there are people far worse than him, and that’s saying something.

  • @justandy333
    @justandy333 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I believe Navalny's mistake was to not have a successor waiting in the wings to continue on his fight.
    Some may see Putin's blustering at bumping him off as incompetence, I don't see it that way, Putin deliberately made an example out of him and very publicly. "This is what's going to happen to you if you step out of line."
    "So don't you dare cross me or you'll meet his fate." Putin's done this to countless people, or at least attempted to over the years.
    Ruling with an Iron fist, people being thrown in jail for holding up blank pieces of paper in public.
    He's instilling fear amongst his own people, however the only people who feel the need to do that are people who are running scared themselves.
    Putin is running Scared and he is using desperate tactics to keep people in line.

    • @cjvipinosa3328
      @cjvipinosa3328 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Navalny left it to Boris Nadezhdin, Boris is literally Putin's biggest threat

  • @louise8001
    @louise8001 Před 3 měsíci +8

    I can remember when my Russian friend told me how excited Russians were when Putin became their leader. Within 5 years, he told me Russians realised what a mistake they had made. His parents and grandparents told Russia was returning to the "bad days." He, his father, and grandfather were supporters of Navalny. His father was one of Navalny's close allys, and my friend worked for a well-known Russian newspaper as a reporter, writing and publishing many articles about Navalny, and they soon became targets. As a result, he and his parents left Russia and now live in Australia for their own safety (both his grandparents have passed away of natural causes). But he and his parents are still looking over their shoulders, and he tries not to contact me too much because he doesn't want me to become a target as well. That is just how scared they are of what Putin in capable of doing.

  • @lthbxfrosty5256
    @lthbxfrosty5256 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My fiancé has bruises from the Russian Nazi police just for being at a public mourning for the death Navalny. Not even like a protest or anything like that. People being beaten, detained and taken away by the police are happening all across the country in similar public gathering to mourn the death.

  • @JusDON2.0
    @JusDON2.0 Před 3 měsíci

    If I want to know about another country… I go to Simon for the info

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 Před 3 měsíci +11

    I know it’s beyond naive but I really thought he would get through this and get out of there alive somehow and come up on top. But even when I heard the news that he was moved there back in December I was afraid for him but I hoped I was wrong.

    • @coldpotatoes2556
      @coldpotatoes2556 Před 3 měsíci

      Thats not what his cia handlers wanted him to do. How can he cause a coup if he was sitting in Washington where his backers as revealed by Wikileaks resided?

  • @7T7Soulz
    @7T7Soulz Před 3 měsíci +6

    Martyrs never die ☆☆☆

    • @veternik-4563
      @veternik-4563 Před 3 měsíci +1

      What martyr dude was right wing Nazi supporter. What was wrong with you people. U literally doesn't know anything about this theme and you still say things like this

    • @sergey_a
      @sergey_a Před 3 měsíci +1

      Don't waste your time trying to convince fools. Also, Vladimir Vladimirovich said correctly: you cannot defeat American propaganda.

  • @gavinjameslux
    @gavinjameslux Před 3 měsíci

    Did anyone else rewind the beginning second four thousand times also?

  • @LIV-FREE-VET
    @LIV-FREE-VET Před 3 měsíci

    Great analysis, thorough as usual. You’ve got the best channel historically and its present day time. I don’t see any other channels as good as yours. Thanks mate!

  • @timur7381
    @timur7381 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I don't think your assessment of Navalny's mayoral election attempt is entirely fair. He essentially ran a grass roots campaign with 0 resources from the government side. No access to TV channels, funded entirely by donations from his supporters (back then no one did this, it's now the norm for opposition politicians and journalists). He ran a proper political campaign, meeting the people, being active online, debating, etc. He went from a 5% approval rating before he ran the campaign to a 27% of all votes in the election. Sobyanin had all the support of the government, was on TV 24/7, was a well known figure (Navalny had to introduce his ideas to an older population that does not use the internet), and had unlimited campaign funds. He got 51% total votes. No one else that ran, mostly fairly established politicians from different parties, got close to 15% of votes. Sure, Navalny did not win. But, this was the moment that the Kremlin realized that he has real support and is becoming dangerous.

    • @user-sf8wo8yl8f
      @user-sf8wo8yl8f Před 3 měsíci

      If Navalny had become mayor of Moscow, it would have been a disaster

    • @timur7381
      @timur7381 Před 3 měsíci

      @@user-sf8wo8yl8f proof?

  • @Thexlr8man3
    @Thexlr8man3 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Incredible video. I give y’all a lot of kudos for including all aspects of his political identity. RIP Alexei Navalny. You will forever haunt the Russian bear.

  • @Pixxelshim
    @Pixxelshim Před 3 měsíci +2

    excellent commentary

  • @ItsLunaRegina
    @ItsLunaRegina Před 2 měsíci +1

    "A dead horse would freeze to death in about 15 minutes" ....what?!?!?! huh?!?! lol.

  • @Razaknight
    @Razaknight Před 3 měsíci +9

    One day putin and his cheerleaders will be judged for their sins

    • @user-ly6pl5ot9m
      @user-ly6pl5ot9m Před 3 měsíci

      That'll be whole Russia then.
      People here either mocking guy's death or don't give a flying f¥ck.

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid Před 3 měsíci

      @@user-ly6pl5ot9m also the people who still view him as a Nazi, considering that in the past, he once participates in nationalist marches...
      a russian nazi and a ukrainian nazi... out of hundreds of Nazi political parties and other right-wing parties across the world, which ones are the exception? I wonder.
      Not that it mattered, he died fighting for what he believed in. Saving the Russian people from Putin who many in Russia (and even across the world) still adore....

    • @user-ly6pl5ot9m
      @user-ly6pl5ot9m Před 3 měsíci

      @@ROBLOXGamingDavid
      Not gonna buy it. That's shameful sham. Its "wife" declared she'll carry the day literary hours after. Think about the "merry widow" concept.