#navalny

olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

The question posed in the title of this article may seem rhetorical when applied to the international situation: Of course, much has changed. #Russia has deployed a full-scale #military operation on the territory of a neighbouring state and has been subjected to harsh sanctions introduced by many countries, some of which were, and still are, its key trading partners. But how seriously has Russia’s domestic political life changed in six months? I believe that the changes are insignificant. Moreover, the events of 24 February fit perfectly into the long-term logic of the development of Russia’s political regime.

https://ridl.io/six-months-later-what-has-changed/ #war #media #ukraine #putin #kazakhstan #navalny #repression #crimea

olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

Russia’s #war against #Ukraine has unleashed a battle not only between two armies and two societies, but also between two generations of leaders. Indeed, a striking age gap divides Russia and Ukraine’s top brass. Vladimir #Putin’s close associates and key officials were largely born in the 1950s and 1960s. Whereas the most important positions in the Ukrainian leadership and on Volodymyr #Zelensky’s team are, for the most part, occupied by people born in the 1970s and 1980s. But there’s also another clash of generations, one occurring not at the interstate level, but inside #Russia itself. Putin’s contemporaries are afraid to relinquish power and bequeath it to those who should be their successors. Instead, they’ve worked to bring the younger generations of would-be leaders to heel, pushing them to the margins of public space or driving them out of the country altogether.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/06/who-is-putin-really-fighting #society #ussr #history #navalny

anonymiss@despora.de

#Food Delivery #Leak Unmasks Russian #Security Agents

source: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2022/04/01/food-delivery-leak-unmasks-russian-security-agents/

During our #investigation into the poisoning of Alexey #Navalny by a team of #FSB officers, we analysed numerous calls made by phone numbers linked to those carrying out and planning the #operation.

One number which surfaced quite often was to a research institute in Dubna, a northern Moscow suburb. We were unable to identify the owner of this phone number until searching for it within the #Yandex.Food leak, which revealed the name of this person, who frequently spoke with the FSB officers planning Navalny’s poisoning.

#russia #intelligence #fail #metadata #internet #news #problem #spy

anonymiss@despora.de

When #Nokia Pulled Out of #Russia, a Vast #Surveillance #System Remained

source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/technology/nokia-russia-surveillance-system-sorm.html

The tool was used to #track supporters of the Russian #opposition leader Aleksei A. #Navalny. Investigators said it had intercepted the phone calls of a #Kremlin foe who was later assassinated. Called the System for Operative Investigative Activities, or #SORM, it is also most likely being employed at this moment as President Vladimir V. #Putin culls and silences antiwar voices inside Russia.

#economy #capitalism #security #politics #fail #moral #ethics #news

heric@diaspora-fr.org

Russie : l'opposant Alexeï Navalny condamné pour escroquerie et outrage à magistrat

Nouvelle illustration de la répression croissante en Russie. Alexeï Navalny, principal opposant à Vladimir Poutine, a été déclaré coupable "d'escroquerie" et "d'outrage à magistrat" mardi 22 mars par une juge russe. De quoi ouvrir la voie à une nouvelle lourde peine de prison contre le militant et avocat, jugé depuis mi-février derrière les murs de sa colonie pénitentiaire, à 100 km à l'est de Moscou, dans un tribunal improvisé.

Les enquêteurs accusent le militant d'avoir détourné des millions de roubles de dons versés à ses organisations de lutte contre la corruption et d'"outrage au tribunal" au cours d'une de ses précédentes audiences. Lui dénonce des accusations fictives et commandées par le Kremlin pour le maintenir en prison le plus longtemps possible.

Le parquet avait requis la semaine passée que la peine de deux ans et demi de détention que l'opposant purge depuis un peu plus d'un an soit portée à 13 années d'emprisonnement.

#fr #russie #opposition #repression #navalny #poutine