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Navalny supporters say jailed Russian dissident is near death
2021-04-18
[NYPOST] Supporters of tossed in the slammer
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny say President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
’s most prominent critic is on the 18th day of a hunger strike in a Russian prison, and could die any minute."People usually avoid the word ’dies.’," Navalny press secretary Kira Yarmysh posted on Facebook. "But now Alexei is dying. In his condition, it is a matter of days."

Doctors said Navalny, 44, could go into cardiac arrest "any minute," AFP reported.
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Posted by:Fred

#1  That ain't news. Any Russian dissident is always 'near death', it comes with the profession. Which is just as well for Russia, methinks.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-04-18 05:01  

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