Last oppositionist: Will Russia fight Putin after the death of Navalny
"On February 16, 2024, in the correctional colony # 3, the O. Navalnyi was convicted after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness. The medical workers of the institution immediately arrived, an ambulance team was called gave. The ambulance doctors stated the death of the convicted person, "-said in a statement of the FSVP Department of Russia in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. Close to the Kremlin of the media claim that the opposition was allegedly broke.
Neither the Navalny team nor his lawyer has yet confirmed the information about the death of the politician and have not reported the causes of his death. The news of the death of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny appeared on the eve of the presidential election. Any protest activity during this period is undesirable for the Kremlin, where they are worried about failures on the front that can affect the voter turnout.
Therefore, according to political scientist Oleg Posternak, on the one hand, Moscow will do everything to avoid the slightest hint of mass riots. "Navalny - a political prisoner who criticized the regime, and therefore perceived part of the Russian population as a personal enemy of Putin. His death will look like an attempt by the Kremlin to erect an opposition. There were health problems, they will get a compat, "says focus Posterak.
On the other hand, as practice shows, the Kremlin can easily cope with any attempts of protest movements that are born in the Russian Federation. In addition, large -scale uprisings require a developed opposition grid within the country, as it was at the Fund for the fight against corruption Alexei Navalny. But the FBK was defeated, and most of the opposition went abroad. Therefore, Moscow, in the proper approach, will be able to raise the death of Navalny in Putin favorable for Putin.
"It is clear to everyone who removed [the curator of Eugene PEC] Prigogine, the cost of life of the aircraft crew. Also, everyone realized that the days of Navalny were police officers after his stage from the Vladimir region to the colony" Polar Wolf ". Therefore, to say that the death of Navalny would be the beginning of the revolution Or the rallies that will lead to destabilization inside the country - it makes no sense.
On the contrary, the Kremlin can again demonstrate the death of the oppositionist as Putin's power. He is cunning and holding power. Even when he removes Russian citizens who have political weight, " - continues. Political scientist Volodymyr Fesenko also believes that a few supporters of Navalny, who remained in the Russian Federation, will try to activate protests, but are unlikely to grow into mass riots.
The most projected effects of the death of politics - the opposition will eventually understand that the only method of combating the Kremlin regime is power. "In the 19th century, the Russian opposition was already passing through it," Fesenko said in a conversation with focus. On the eve of the presidential elections of the Russian Federation among the registered participants there are no one who could make a minimal competition of the current regime.
The anti -war candidate Boris Nadezhdin was refused. There were no other candidates. Unlike Nadezhdin, which, according to the expert, did not have political weight, Navalny posed a real threat to Putin. For this reason, he was sent to the colony after returning to Russia, which eventually led to a tragic end. "Navalny, no matter how we treat him, because he is contradictory, in something authoritarian, with imperial manifestations, but he was a charismatic politician.
Nadezhdin is a simulator for people who for peace. He in itself. . Options in the Russian Federation, who could become a new face of the opposition, simply no, " - says Fesenko. Posterak adds that the Kremlin was perceived as a significant figure - Putin's personal enemy. According to the expert, his triumphant return to Russia frightened power. "They thought - to arrest it or not. Now what we see is the completion of history. A person risked his life for the fight against the regime.
If the opposition is able to convey this opinion at least to some voters - it will be good," Posternak summarized. We will remind, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin reported about the death of the oppositionist. The Kremlin head at this point was passing the stand "Production and installation of metal structures" in Stankomash Park and responded to the news restrained.