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> I don't understand why he went back to Russia --- on principle, maybe? He was a Russian politician and was intending to stay one. In the eyes of Russian publ
by yakireev 3y ago
> I don't understand why he went back to Russia --- on principle, maybe?
He was a Russian politician and was intending to stay one. In the eyes of Russian public opinion, a politician who fled abroad - opposition or not - is not a politician anymore, but some foreign guy living in comforts of some Germany or England, either on money stolen from Russians or on the payroll of CIA, not worth listening to. Interests of polit-emigrants and interests of Russians in Russia do not align, and the general public knows that.
This is why Navalny returned and Yashin never left.
- bvrmn 3y ago> In the eyes of Russian public opinion, a politician who fled abroad - opposition or not - is not a politician anymore Public gives no shit where politician sits unless they have influence on politics.
- culebron21 3y agoI confirm the previous poster: in the eyes of even oppositional public those who fled loose credibility -- at least that they can't call people to the streets under SWAT batons; and also living abroad they lose sense of what matters and events are important.
- bvrmn 3y agoIt could be an argument, but no politician inside Russia call people to the streets either. Navalny abroad had more influence than all other opposition personas in sum.