#Nawalny

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R. I. P.

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Hört zu! Ich habe euch etwas sehr offensichtliches zu sagen: Ihr dürft nicht aufgeben!

Falls sie entscheiden, mich zu töten, bedeutet das, dass wir unglaublich stark sind. Wir müssen diese Macht nutzen, nicht aufzugeben und uns zu erinnern, dass wir eine grosse Macht sind, die von den bösen Typen unterdrückt wird.

Wir merken gar nicht, wie stark wir in Wirklichkeit sind.

Das einzige, was es braucht, dass das Böse siegt, ist, dass die guten Menschen nichts tun. Also seid nicht untätig!»

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2024 / 11

Aperçu of the Week:

"Evil will fail and the wonderful future will come."

(Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the "deceased" Kremlin critic and Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny)

Bad News of the Week:

The AfD (Alternative für Deutschland / Alternative for Germany) is a right-wing party. So why should it come as a surprise that it also has right-wing extremist contacts? After all, the line between right-wing populism and right-wing radicalism is blurred. Nevertheless, it came as a shock (hopefully not just to me) that the AfD parliamentary group in our parliament, the German Bundestag, employs more than 100 right-wing extremists.

Yes, that's right: far-right enemies of the constitution work in our legislature, the heart of democracy. You need to know that every member of parliament has the right to a staff. In their respective constituency and in Berlin. To support their work in plenary and in the committees to which they belong. Parliamentarians are hardly limited in their choice of staff, except by the budget.

There are currently 78 members of the Bundestag (out of a total of 735) from the AfD. And they grant right-wing extremists unhindered access to sensitive information, to legislation, to the resources of the democracy they are fighting against. And not even in secret. They are officially active in right-wing extremist organizations. Among them are activists from the "Identitarian Movement", ideological masterminds from the "New Right" and several neo-Nazis.

That can't really be true. This is a Trojan horse with which our democracy is being hijacked by parasites. It is about time for regulations and background checks for the employment of Bundestag staff. No suburban bowling club would accept members on its board who want to abolish recreational sports and, above all, balls. Democratic institutions and especially constitutional bodies need ways to protect themselves from enemies of the constitution within their own ranks. And quickly.

Good News of the Week:

Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders sees "no more chance of being head of government". In the election last November, his right-wing party PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid / Party for the Freedom) surprisingly emerged as the strongest parliamentary group. The cheap campaign slogans "Less asylum and immigration" and "Putting the Dutch first" resonated better with voters than expected.

With this tailwind, Wilders wanted to form a coalition at the head of which he would stand. He wanted to convince the conservative VVD party of long-time Prime Minister Mark Rutte as well as the New Social Contract party and the farmers' party BBB - and now had to realize that he would not succeed.

The result is a stalemate in the "Second Chamber of the States General" of the Dutch parliament. With 17 (!) parties sharing the 150 seats, this will remain the case. Another coalition with a parliamentary majority is virtually impossible. An independent "expert government" is now possible, but this is likely to head primarily towards early elections.

Is that a good thing? No. But it is certainly better than Wilders' participation in government. As a reminder, here are the key points of his political "program": All immigration should be stopped. Payments to the European Union should be significantly reduced. The accession of new members should be prevented. Islam should be rejected across the board. Arms deliveries to Ukraine should be halted. Et cetera. Thank you very much. Europe really doesn't need someone who not only names Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán as his role models, but also seeks to surpass their views.

Personal happy moment of the week:

At the weekend, dear friends and we were faced with a dilemma. After visiting an arts exhibition, we wanted to watch a movie together at their place in the evening. The problem was the language. Because neither my (Canadian) wife's German nor our hosts' English is good enough to follow a complex plot with pleasure. In the end, the solution was a silent movie - the Charlie Chaplin classic "City Lights" from 1931. It worked wonderfully. And it's simply great fun to see how this grand master of old-school cinema uses simple means to ensure a good laugh. Great. I still have three Chaplin films lying around within my dusty DVDs. And I'm already looking forward to watching them.

I couldn't care less...

...that Elon Musk stopped the large-scale talk show "Don Lemon Show" on X - the most expensive hobby in the world - at the last second. Like a rocket exploding on take-off, but perhaps that's a nasty comparison. Why? Because, as a guest on the first episode, he didn't like Don Lemon's questions. It's nothing new that Musk is rather thin-skinned. And has a somewhat idiosyncratic interpretation of "radical free speech" and "without censorship". I would still like a Tesla.

It's fine with me...

...that digital marketplaces like Apple's AppStore or Google's Play App Store for Android, which ultimately also provide the infrastructure and quality assurance, take a 30% distribution margin. Roughly speaking, that's half of stationary retail and less than online stores. Where does this "everything should be free online" attitude come from?

As I write this...

...I discover the music of a colleague. Until he had to bite the bullet of lowly work reasons, he made electronic music at an astonishingly high level. It's pretty timeless and good for chilling out to. My compliments, Marcus!

Post Scriptum

As planned, Vladimir Putin was confirmed in office as Russian president for another six years. No, the election was anything but constitutional, free, independent, fair and neutral. Nevertheless, I consider the 87% to be embellished, but not completely falsified. After all, the majority of the population only has access to state-controlled media. And they present Putin - surprise! - as a strong leader and successful defender of the country against the rest of the world. Who people are happy to support on his mission for Mother Russia. See also the approval of the Ukraine war. Excuse me, the "special military operation against a fascist regime in Kiev". Information is (would be) key. Oh boy...

[galerymod]

The penalties imposed on the Russian opposition today are more drastic than under Stalin.

Putin has long since taken the gloves off.

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[juergenlandberlin]

Navalny may have been killed by poisoning, documents suggest: Report – POLITICO

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⚡️⚡️ Nawalny lately!

Alexey Navalny died in a correctional colony.

This was communicated by the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Autonomous Circle of Jamal-Nenzen.

According to one source, a blood clot disintegrated. The website says that he felt bad after a walk and passed out. He then received all the necessary resuscitation measures, which did not lead to a positive result.

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Where is Alexej Nawalny? What has happened to him?

Wo ist Alexej Nawalny? Was ist mit ihm passiert?

Für immer im Gefängnis? Kremlgegner Nawalny soll weitere 13 Jahre in Haft 15.03.2022, 13:31 Uhr Der russische Oppositionspolitiker Nawalny sitzt bereits in einer Strafkolonie eine Haftstrafe ab. Nun fordert die Staatsanwaltschaft in einem neuen Verfahren weitere 13 Jahre Haft. Vorwurf diesmal: Veruntreuung von Spendengeldern. Seine Sprecherin glaubt, "dass Putin Nawalny für immer im Gefängnis halten will". In dem neuen umstrittenen Prozess gegen den inhaftierten Kremlgegner Alexej Nawalny hat die Staatsanwaltschaft 13 Jahre Gefängnis beantragt. Staatsanwältin Nadeschda Tichonowa forderte in dem als politische Inszenierung kritisierten Verfahren wegen angeblichen Betrugs auch die Verhängung einer Geldstrafe von 1,2 Millionen Rubel (9000 Euro). Nawalny sitzt bereits eine zweieinhalbjährige Haftstrafe wegen Betrugs in einer östlich von Moskau gelegenen Strafkolonie Pokrow ab. Nawalny wird diesmal die angebliche Veruntreuung von Spendengeldern in Höhe von umgerechnet vier Millionen Euro vorgeworfen. Menschenrechtsorganisationen wie Amnesty International hatten den in der Strafkolonie abgehaltenen Prozess als Farce verurteilt. Nawalnys Team sprach von einem neuen Beweis für die Justizwillkür in Russland. "Wir haben gesagt, dass Putin Nawalny für immer im Gefängnis halten will", sagte die Sprecherin des Oppositionellen, Kira Jarmysch. Nawalny ist der schärfste Kritiker des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin. Verantworten muss sich Nawalny diesmal wegen angeblicher Veruntreuung von Geldern für seine inzwischen verbotene Anti-Korruptionsstiftung und wegen Beleidigung einer Richterin. Nach Angaben seines Teams drohen Nawalny bis zu 15 Jahre Haft. Prozess weit weg von Moskau Das Gericht lehnte es ab, den Prozess in die rund 100 Kilometer weit entfernte russische Hauptstadt Moskau zu verlegen. Die Auftraggeber des Verfahrens hätten Angst, dass dann jeder sehen könne, dass die Anklage erfunden sei, meinte der 45-Jährige vor Gericht. Mehrere Journalisten fanden sich allerdings in dem Straflager in Pokrow im Gebiet Wladimir ein, wie die kremlkritische Zeitung "Nowaja Gaseta" berichtete. Jarmysch meinte, Putin räche sich mit dem Verfahren an Nawalny, "nachdem es ihm nicht gelungen ist, ihn zu töten". Der Kremlgegner hatte einen Mordanschlag mit dem chemischen Kampfstoff Nowitschok im August 2020 nur knapp überlebt. Der Präsident wies eine Beteiligung zurück. Die EU hatte wegen des Attentats Sanktionen gegen Russland verhängt. Nawalny war nach seiner Genesung in Deutschland, wo ihn die damalige Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel in der Charité in Berlin besucht hatte, vor einem Jahr nach Russland zurückgekehrt. Er wurde am 17. Januar 2021 noch am Flughafen in Moskau festgenommen, weil er gegen Auflagen in einem anderen Strafverfahren während seiner Genesung verstoßen haben soll. Seit seiner Inhaftierung gehen die russischen Behörden massiv gegen Nawalnys Unterstützer vor. Seine Regionalorganisation sowie seine Anti-Korruptionsstiftung wurden verboten. Nawalny selbst sowie einige seiner Mitstreiter wurden im Januar auf eine offizielle Liste von "Terroristen und Extremisten" gesetzt.

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https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/alexej-nawalny-fuer-tot-erklaert-ein-scherz-zum-schluss-a-c6c5cf09-d165-49e2-b752-ce477cf3f9cc

Ich bin hier nicht oft politisch, aber heute muss ich es sein.

Heute wurde Alexej Nawalny ermordet. Ein Mann, der Putin die Stirn geboten hat und selbst nach einem Giftanschlag auf seine Person in sein Heimatland zurückgekehrt ist um einem menschenverachtenden Führer und Kriegstreiber die Stirn zu bieten. Er hat seine Ideale mutig vertreten, selbst mit dem Wissen, was das für ihn bedeuten wird. Er hat es zuerst mit Haft und jetzt mit seinem Leben bezahlt. Ich hoffe, sein Erbe wird weiterleben und Putin wird an seinen Morden politisch ersticken.

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In memoriam of Alexei Navalny by Pascal Volk

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2024 / 10

Aperçu of the Week:

"When will conservatives understand that climate protection is conservative because it preserves. When will liberals understand that climate protection is liberal because it secures freedoms and when will social democrats understand that climate protection is social because it protects the weakest in society the most?"

(Ingwar Perowanowitsch - German activist, blogger and political journalist)

Bad News of the Week:

Thousands of Russians are not letting the arbitrary arrests by the police stop them from publicly mourning opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who (it has to be said exactly like this) was killed by the Kremlin. Flowers are piling up at his grave in the Borisovskoye cemetery in the south-east of Moscow and no one is afraid to show their tears. A different face of Russia can be seen here. Vladimir Putin has created a classic martyr who was prepared to go to his death for his belief in the cause.

A second critic with reach has now also been taken out of the game: the former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who is also widely known in the West, has found himself on a list of "terrorists and extremists" for a few days now. He has already been listed as a "foreign agent". This shot could also backfire, and here too a great deal of solidarity can be expected from better-informed and more critical sections of the Russian population. But will it do any good? No.

As there are only puppets of the power apparatus on the committee responsible, there is no real alternative to Putin in the presidential elections due to take place in the next few days. This will be just as much an alibi event as the last elections. Which won't even bother the majority of the electorate. After all, outside the metropolitan areas, this majority consumes almost exclusively state-controlled media. And they get what they want: a strong man at the top who knows what's going on.

One insight from this is the same as that gained from the ever more firmly cemented status of Xi Jinping in China, who, like Putin, wields almost dictatorial power without any checks and balances, let alone a corrective: Democracy begins above all with information. Only if independent media observe and comment on political events can voters form an informed opinion. And then press for these opinions to be heard and acted upon. In the form of a genuine opportunity to vote - the keyword is "people's representatives". Unfortunately, more and more nations are further away from this ideal as ever. In a world that could actually be more enlightened than ever before in its history. But people are obviously too comfortable for that. And probably also too stupid.

Good News of the Week:

It was "Super Tuesday" already a few days ago. And it went like expected. As did the following pre-elections. Two guys who are too old were elected by a massive margin. Because this nation simply hasn't managed to build worthy successors - neither the Republicans nor the Democrats. While the former will indeed euphorically nominate a notorious liar and cheat for the most powerful office in the world, the latter seem to simply resign themselves to their fate: if an incumbent seeks re-election, they concede it to him. Even if his approval ratings are subterranean and his physical capacity is at least questionable.

Let's be clear: if the majority goes to Donald Trump in November - and it will probably go to him if the numbers are to be believed - the Democrats should not complain about it. Because they are to blame. There is only one politician who is currently in an even worse position than Joe Biden. And that is Kamala Harris. She is not yet officially running mate. But since it has never seemed so likely that a vice-president would have to take the helm during a term of office, these two are a duo infernale. A team that nobody wants. Even if that may seem unfair or unjustified.

Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán have just met as autocrats in Mar-a-Lago. Trump publicly admires the fact that Orban is a dictator. What he says happens, "he's the boss". And Orbán hails Trump as the "president of peace", with whom there would be neither the Ukraine nor the Gaza war. Par ordre du mufti. A clear rejection of democracy. Which Biden takes to the extreme by stylizing the upcoming election as a decision for or against democracy. And he is right.

The situation is frightening for us Europeans. We look across the Atlantic with the morbid fascination of a car crash that is clearly on the horizon. And which can no longer be prevented. The whole world was surprised by Trump's last election victory, including himself. I remember exactly how I heard about Trump's 2016 election victory on the radio in the morning and thought that I must still be dreaming. In a way, I was right, because Trump was and is a nightmare.

And that makes Super Tuesday good news in the context of its negative circumstances. Because now we know pretty much exactly what we are in for at the beginning of next year. The whole world will suffer from Trump's ignorant "America First" attitude - politically, economically, in terms of security policy and also morally. But we have been warned, we know it. And we can now prepare ourselves for at least nine months of serious damage for the cooperative US-European axis. And the US democratic establishment is to blame. This swamp should have been drained.

Personal happy moment of the week:

For our stay in Montréal with the children in late summer, we got a great loft in a great neighborhood. Having never booked anything on AirBnB before, the host didn't want us at first - he'd had bad experiences with newcomers who were apparently also being rated on this platform. My wife then had two arguments that convinced him that we wouldn't mess up his loft: she was traveling with Germans, the tidiest people in the world. And she was the daughter of a policeman. That worked.

I couldn't care less...

...that Boeing can't get out of a maelstrom of technical defects and quality deficiencies. As a European, I prefer Airbus anyway.

It's fine with me...

...that Jon Stewart is back as host of The Daily Show. For all his humor - and how that guy always makes me laugh - he's actually a sharp-tongued political commentator and investigative journalist who uses the stylistic device of satire to put a non-partisan finger in every wound he finds. Very good.

As I write this...

...I'm listening to songs by Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats. Because I realized that although I can really relate to "Tell me why I don't like Mondays", I don't know anything else by these musicians. It's just dawned on me why... Which doesn't change the fact that I think Live Aid and Band Aid ("Do they know it's Christmas?") were and still are great.

Post Scriptum

The strikes on German public transport continue. Just recently there were no trains for two days and the airports also had to close for two days because of the ground staff. Now, in the following week, there will not only be a strike by Lufthansa on-board staff, but so-called "wave strikes" will also begin on the railroads. These are announced at most 24 hours in advance so that it is - on purpose! - difficult to prepare for them. So the necessary "mobility turnaround" will certainly not happen. Why do we increasingly have the feeling that these labor disputes are being carried out on the backs of the passengers?

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Sagen Sie jetzt nichts. Lernen Sie perfekt russisch um die Nuancen zu verstehen und so nutzen zu können, wie der Mutige das gemacht hat. An die Mut wird man sich erinnern, nicht an an die Zyniker und Mutlosen.

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ALEXEJ NAVALNIJ

the biggest hero on Earth

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Fuck You putin!

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Die Tage auch davor. Im Arbeitsjournal des Mittwoch, den 20. Februar 2024.

[Arbeitswohnung, 9.25 UhrWollny & Kühn, → DuoVon dieser Einspielung kann ich gar nicht mehr lassen(meine Kritik liegt schon bei Faust, doch möcht’ ich nicht “spoilern”)]           Daß Faust meine Horcynus-Orca-Rezension → übernommen hat, zumal mit meiner bösen Bemerkung zum Zentralorgan der AfD für die deutsche Linke((Womit selbstverständlich die Junge Welt gemeint ist)). ist durchaus nicht ohne…

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Gedanken zum Tod von Alexej Nawalny

Bei allen Differenzen: Niemand hat einen Umgang verdient, wie er dem verstorbenen russischen Aktivisten Alexej Nawalny zuteil wurde. Und unabhängig von seinen politischen Inhalten: Die Unerschrockenheit von Nawalny konnte auf einer persönlichen Ebene oft beeindrucken. Aber – bei aller Pietät muss auch festgestellt werden: Nawalny war ein rechtsradikaler Provokateur, seine emotionale Überhöhung hierzulande ist befremdlich, gerade auch angesichts des aktuellen "Kampfes gegen Rechts". von Tobias Riegel

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