On January 17, 2021, Russian opposition leader Navalny returned to Russia by plane from Germany.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the plane, he was arrested.
The incident quickly caused an uproar.
At that time, a large number of local people in Moscow poured into the streets, expressing ** for the behavior of ** and demanding the release of Navalny.
Some people commented that this is the biggest crisis of confidence that Putin has encountered in 20 years.
Navalny Navalny** has brought a series of internal and external troubles to Putin, the wave of opposition at home has not yet gone down, and abroad because of Russia's unauthorized arrest of Navalny, it has triggered a diplomatic crisis.
In short, in the past few years that Navalny has been active in political circles, Putin has indeed been troubled by him a lot.
So, who is Navalny?
Why does he have such a great ability to make Putin, who has always been an iron fist, helpless against him?
Navalny's life is complicated.
He was born in 1976 on the outskirts of Moscow, the son of a father from the Chernobyl region of Ukraine.
As a young man, Navalny's resume was excellent.
Although his family was modest, he was admitted to university with excellent grades, majoring in finance and later dabbling in law.
Before graduating from university, I was already involved in some lawyers.
However, after graduating from university, Navalny's life was frustrated one after another.
He sold the wicker factory he ran at home, started his own business, and successively opened a ** company and a law firm, but all of them failed without exception.
The only good thing is that although the business did not work out, the loss of money was not much, so Navalny has always had the energy to continue tossing.
By 2006, Navalny was offered a job as a presenter and slowly amassed some fame.
At the same time, he has not given up his career as a lawyer.
In 2009, he finally passed the exam of the Russian Bar Association.
During this period, Navalny was also well-known in Russia, and his interest in politics was further revealed.
Navalny has always been dissatisfied with Putin, the Russian leader.
According to research, as early as 2000, Navalny tried to pull up an opposition party.
However, at that time, he was not well-known and did not understand the organization, so he just shouted two slogans and gave up.
But he didn't give up, and soon after, he joined the United Democratic Party of Russia as a legal adviser.
However, not long after, Navalny was kicked out because of political disagreements.
However, at this time, Navalny already has a lot of experience in playing politics.
He began to know how to use his prestige to build momentum for himself.
In 2004, Navalny founded an anti-corruption group.
Although it was only a non-governmental organization, it unexpectedly gained a huge amount of attention.
Because, Navalny has been up and down in the business world for many years, so he knows a lot of insiders.
Moreover, he later became a host and had a channel to speak out, so he often spoke surprisingly and exposed a lot of shady scenes in the industry.
In this way, Navalny has gained the support of many people in Russia.
Because, corruption has always been a pain point in Russia.
Since Putin came to power, he has organized several anti-corruption actions, but he has never been able to cut the roots.
In Russia, corruption has become almost universal, and knots are not uncommon.
And with such rampant corruption, it is naturally the people at the bottom who suffer.
Therefore, in the face of a host like Navalny who dares to speak up for the people, they naturally support it.
Of course, the purpose of Navalny's voice is not so simple as raising his arms.
He hopes to accumulate more political prestige so that he can truly step into the top and become the ruler.
In 2007, Navalny began to speak out against Putin and the ruling party behind him.
In 2011, on a radio show he hosted, Navalny publicly denounced Putin and his supporters as thieves and thieves.
After the show exploded, Navalny also launched a poll on social platforms to collect people's opposition to Putin.
At that time, he was already very famous, so this series of behaviors instantly sparked heated discussions for several months and brought great trouble to Putin.
Putin's rule over Russia has never been stable, and in Russia, opposition has emerged one after another, and Russia's politics and economy have been challenged, so the people have little confidence in the country.
Now, Navalny has given the Putin regime a blow to the head again.
And that's not all Navalny did in 2011.
Not long after the radio incident, he began to organize mass demonstrations again.
Later, while leading a march in the square, he was caught red-handed by the police and detained for 15 days.
However, for an oppositionist, being detained is not necessarily a bad thing, and it has further opened up Navalny's popularity.
Since then, he has been recognized as Putin's opposition party.
Not long after, Navalny uncovered another major corruption case.
Russia's oligarch Viktor, who once bought a building from Hungary for $21 million, then for $1$1.6 billion**, which was sold back to Russia**.
Such a huge difference in the price of Victor Wikselberg is obviously not normal.
Therefore, Navalny pointed out sharply that there must be a leading corruption in this.
Incident after incident has succeeded in pushing Navalny's personal popularity to the highest point.
Since then, Navalny has almost unanimously responded to any march and rally, and has become the highest representative of the Russian opposition.
Of course, a small person, with only ten years of time, has such popularity, which is obviously not something that can be achieved by himself.
The forces behind Navalny are also quite complicated, and he has obvious dealings with the United States.
In 2011, the Americans and Navalny partnered to hire him as legal counsel for an American institute.
Judging from the timeline, 2011 was also the year when Navalny's activity increased sharply.
Because, his identity has changed. In the past, although he was enthusiastic about politics, he had no foundation behind it.
Now, with the resources provided by the United States, his political path is much smoother than in the past, and the United States can give him both money and connections.
Navalny may have his own political goals, but for the United States, they don't matter.
Because, when the two tigers fight, there will be casualties, whether Putin's regime is shaken, or the opposition represented by Navalny is defeated, it is Russia that suffers direct losses in the end.
And the United States can take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits.
In 2012, Navalny and his party organized a million-strong march against Russia, the largest opposition march in Russia's history, and the situation was almost uncontrollable.
In 2013, Navalny announced in a high-profile manner that he would run for mayor of Moscow.
As soon as this remark came out, it attracted the attention of many parties.
Before that, no matter how noisy Navalny was, he was a folk character after all, and he was not qualified to compare with the real **, but if this election was successful, the nature would be different.
Of course, the vast majority of people are not optimistic about Navalny.
Although he has always created the appearance of being enthusiastic about politics, the vast majority of the public does not know much about his political ideas.
He's more of a political influencer than a real politician.
And when it comes to voting in elections, the silent majority will not be inclined to choose such a figure.
Navalny was not surprisingly defeated. However, the results of the ballot papers released in the end were still shocking.
Because, Navalny, who did not have an advantage, still received almost a third of the votes and came in second place.
This has given people a new understanding of Navalny's political influence.
He is no longer the host who can only comment on ***.
With such a terrifying approval rating, he really has the strength to challenge Putin.
Although Navalny's side was defeated, the follow-up work quickly followed.
He announced that he would set up two anti-** projects on the Internet to help the people and supervise corruption.
The anti-corruption documentary he spent a lot of money on was also released shortly after he was defeated, and received a good response.
Over the next few years, Navalny repeated his political work and built momentum.
In 2017, Navalny once again announced that he was running.
However, this time, his goal is no longer the position of mayor of Moscow, but to directly attack the throne of **.
In March 2017, Navalny announced that Medvedev was suspected of corruption and organized a massive anti-campaign in March 2017.
At the march, Navalny shouted his own anti-corruption slogan:"I want change, I want to live in a modern democracy, I want to change taxes to roads, schools and hospitals, not yachts, palaces and vineyards. ”
This slogan hit the hearts of the Russian people.
So, in the coming period, more and more people responded to Navalny.
This completely annoyed Putin, and after the outbreak of opposition demonstrations, Putin carried out a large-scale arrest operation in Moscow.
On that day, more than 1,000 people were imprisoned, and Navalny, as the leader, was naturally sentenced to detention again.
For Navalny, he has become Xi to it.
Over the years, he has been in prison more than he can count on two hands because of organizing anti-protest marches.
* His arrest will only further strengthen his prestige among the opposition.
In contrast, Putin is the more troublesome party.
Not long after the opposition demonstration, a reporter asked questions in public, hoping that Putin would express his views on the opposition.
Putin said this at the time:"You can't just speculate on these problems, you have to come up with solutions, you can't rely on speculation, for example, on corruption. It's not enough to just shout 'thief stop', you can't be a thief yourself, you know what I mean?”
A few days later, the Russian side announced the verdict against Navalny.
He was sentenced to five years in prison, albeit on probation.
Navalny was very dissatisfied with this, and immediately after leaving the prison, he asked reporters for an interview.
In the interview, Navalny said in a half-joking tone: Russia is in a hurry to sentence, presumably to prevent himself from running for election.
In 2020, the turmoil resumed.
On the way to Moscow, Navalny suddenly felt unwell, and the plane had to make an emergency landing to seek ** for him.
Subsequently, Navalny's spokesman claimed that Navalny was likely poisoned.
Navalny, the opposition, was suddenly poisoned, and the most suspicious was Putin.
The Kremlin's spokesman responded at the first time:"We know he's in a serious situation. Doctors are doing their best to help. In Omsk, the best doctors were involved, consulting with specialists from Moscow. Of course, like all citizens of our country, we wish him a speedy **.
Someone broke the news that Navalny was likely poisoned by taking hallucinogens.
Such an unaware handwriting, if it is not done by **, who will it be?
Regarding this, the Kremlin spokesman said helplessly:"So far, as far as we know, there are no analytical results, so these are just hypotheses and all conclusions must be confirmed by laboratory tests. ”
And Navalny's poisoning immediately triggered a diplomatic crisis in Russia.
First of all, it was the diplomatic spokesman of the British side, who immediately expressed greetings to Navalny.
Subsequently, France and Germany also expressed their willingness to provide Navalny with relevant medical assistance.
Trump also expressed his opinion on this matter, also supporting Navalny, and pointed the finger at Putin between words.
It is worth speculating that when these countries were scrambling to speak out, the cause of Navalny's sudden illness had not yet been determined.
However, several countries unanimously believe that Navalny has taken deadly poison.
It is precisely because of this unusual reaction that many people suspect that this may be a self-directed and self-staged performance by European and American countries, together with Navalny.
In short, what the specific truth is may never be answered.
During Navalny's poisoning, several major powers were engaged in a war of words in the political arena.
As a result, Navalny was sent to Germany for a **.
However, just after returning to China on January 17, 2021, he was immediately sent to prison again.
It is said that Navalny is not doing well in prison, as he has been on a long hunger strike** and is now dying.
However, for Navalny, who has been tormenting for half his life, this should not be the final ending.
The fate of Russia and the fate of Navalny himself may still face many twists and turns.
And the discussion about whether Navalny is a real hero or a traitor will continue forever!
Reference: Phoenix.com, "Navalny is critically ill?".The United States also warned the Russian ambassador that Moscow will not let him die in prison
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