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European Commission

We are deeply disturbed and saddened by news of the death of Alexei Navalny.

Putin fears nothing more than dissent from his own people.

A grim reminder of what Putin and his regime are all about.

Let's unite in our fight to safeguard the freedom and safety of those who dare to stand up against autocracy.
16 February at 12:50 | Open on social.network.europa.eu
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National Meme Board of Alberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
monkee :foxmonkeeshark:

@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu Now please help #FreeAssange He is not dead yet and his only crime was publicizing war crimes.

Do we want to hide war crimes?

16 February at 12:57 | Open on fedi.monkee.ch
Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

@EU_Commission

And let's not forget this is what the Republican led US govt is striving toward - eliminating constitutional rights to dissent, protest, and assembly.

16 February at 13:00 | Open on babka.social
nut53rvu553

@EU_Commission this is Putin's warning to all other anti-war presidential candidates that "dared" register for the election this year.

16 February at 13:03 | Open on mastodon.world
MusicTraveler

@EU_Commission

Navalny wasn’t the saint he pretended to be 🤷🏻‍♀️

Navalny was just another terrible Russian ultra nationalist who insisted that Crimea belongs to terrorist state Russia 🤦🏻‍♀️

Just to be clear, Crimea belongs to Ukraine 🇺🇦

#Ukraine #SupportUkraine #Navalny #UltraNationalistNavalny #Crimea #CrimeaIsUkrainianTerritory

16 February at 13:06 | Open on mastodon.online
meliache

@musictraveler @EU_Commission I disagree with and dislike many of #Navalny's views but he *was* a political opponent of Putin and his imprisonment and the attempts on his life showed the west that Russia is a dictatorship and where opposition is suppressed and intimidated with violence, and that rule of law and fair trials had become increasingly a rarity.

16 February at 13:19 | Open on digitalcourage.social
MusicTraveler

@meliache @EU_Commission

It should have been clear for decades that Russia is a terrorist state ruled by a dictator

People who had or still have doubts about Russia's evil intentions live under a rock or are simply not interested in what is happening in the world

The same goes for European countries that are still unwilling to invest heavily in their own military 🤦🏻‍♀️ It is a dangerous disregard of the life-threatening reality 🤷🏻‍♀️

#Navalny #Ukraine

16 February at 15:11 | Open on mastodon.online
Oliver Kübler :linux:

@EU_Commission Let's not forget that Julian Assange can still be saved from the same fate. #FreeJulianAssangeNOW

16 February at 13:06 | Open on bildung.social
b

@EU_Commission

Fell out a gulag window.
4 or 5 times.

16 February at 13:10 | Open on mstdn.social
DELETED

@EU_Commission not to be 'that' reply guy, as I so often seem to be these days, but if you're so deeply disturbed hows about y'all mobilize and go do something about Putin? This ain't gonna get any better with more waiting. Every time Putin gets away with something like this, it makes him that much bolder. That dude can smell the West's weakness. If y'all don't reign him in soon it's gonna be serious trouble for Europe.

16 February at 13:15 | Open on achrilock.social
Bas Schouten

@arborist @EU_Commission As sad as it is I have to agree. A joint declaration of war on the RF would at this point be the best course of action long-term.

But that would require a degree of political stamina I doubt any Western government has at this point.

16 February at 13:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Filipe
your 5:00 call to go blading

Genuine reply to your reply: what do you want the EU Commission to do?

The EU have already cut off Russia economically, which as far as I can tell is their main card to play.

@arborist @EU_Commission

16 February at 14:13 | Open on chaosfem.tw
DELETED

@EU_Commission

common defense and no tolerance for autocrats

16 February at 13:26 | Open on mastodon.uno
DELETED

@EU_Commission

HOW MANY "RUSSIAN" STYLE ACCIDENTS OF TRUMP ENEMY'S WILL START OCCURING IN A TRUMP 2ND PRESIDENCY? LMAO!

16 February at 13:33 | Open on mstdn.social
daria-andrea
zilti

@EU_Commission Oh really? You are "deeply disturbed and saddened" that one fascist with power killed another fascist without power?

16 February at 13:52 | Open on gts.lyrion.ch
Libre Mind :solidarity:
Bibi

@EU_Commission@europa.eu R.I.P. held!

16 February at 14:03 | Open on mastodon.nl
Steverf1

bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-6831 Putin is responsible for this, and of course Trump would love to be in the same position and able to dispose of any opposition in this way

16 February at 14:19 | Open on mastodonapp.uk
Marcus Jenkins

@EU_Commission We have a lot of wealthy Russian nationals in our European community. We have given them golden visas. Many of those wealthy individuals are separated by just few degrees from Putin himself. If they had to return to Russia, may I suggest that would be an opportunity to upset the otherwise unshakeable status quo in Moscow?

#RussianMoney #moneylaundering #oligarchs #RussianMafia

16 February at 14:27 | Open on mastodon.social
specked :verified:
Piousunyn

@EU_Commission This is how despots keep power, kill any dissent, control with power.

16 February at 14:33 | Open on universeodon.com
Androcat

@Piousunyn

All the more reason to use DSA to stop Youtube from showing the Tucker-Putin misinformation special on Trending videos.

@EU_Commission

16 February at 14:34 | Open on toot.cat
Piousunyn

@androcat @EU_Commission One can avoid using YouTube, they are annoying to watch and always asking for excessive prices to sign up.

16 February at 14:38 | Open on universeodon.com
Androcat

@Piousunyn

The DSA is specifically for forcing large digital platforms to carry responsibility for what they spread.

@EU_Commission

16 February at 14:43 | Open on toot.cat
Piousunyn

@EU_Commission Trumps wet dream is to off any opposition, he has even said so. Trump wants Putin's power as president.

16 February at 14:40 | Open on universeodon.com
Gilbert Ruiz

@EU_Commission Words are well and good, but the EU needs to act now to support Ukraine. Putin must lose this war and be prosecuted for it, otherwise #Navalny will have died in vain.

16 February at 14:43 | Open on mastodon.online
Hannu Ikonen, MD

@EU_Commission Thing is, the guy could've been dead for a day, a week, a month, a year, maybe two years based on when he went back into custody.

That's some fucked up shit.

Edit: Apparently I am totes wrong.

16 February at 14:47 | Open on med-mastodon.com
CassandraZeroCovid

@hannu_ikonen @EU_Commission

I thought I read he made a court appearance yesterday?

16 February at 14:50 | Open on mastodon.social
Hannu Ikonen, MD

@CassandraZeroCovid @EU_Commission

Did he? Well fuck, I stand corrected then. I hadn't seen sight of him for like 2 years.

16 February at 14:58 | Open on med-mastodon.com
CassandraZeroCovid

@hannu_ikonen @EU_Commission

I saw this news a few hours ago and saw something to that effect but haven't the spoons to dig it out of timeline. I could be wrong. (I, too, thought he hadn't been sighted for some time.)

16 February at 15:07 | Open on mastodon.social
PSiReN-X :verified_paw:​

@hannu_ikonen

#TheFormerUnitedStatesOfAmerica has #MuchToFear; like #WeAllDo...

#AtAnyPoint #One can be #Remanded into #Custody / #Abducted and #Incarcerated with #ZeroAccountability... Unless you're the #AngryOrangeWotsit, #OfCourse...

That's #PrettyFuckedUp, right... | #LookNoQuestionMark

🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🎠🦹☕🦄☕🦹🎠
16 February at 14:55 | Open on psiren.eu
famubu

@EU_Commission While this is undoubtably a valid point, I wish EU would also care
about other parts of the world like Gaza, Yemen and
Armenia?

16 February at 15:09 | Open on floss.social
Katze

@EU_Commission dear EU Commission, not everyone is always prepared to deal with a topic such as the death of people. Death is a very strong and often overwhelming topic. And for many people this space, the fediverse, is a safe space, one where they can interact with their friends without the fear of being overwhelmed by bad news. I ask you do respect other people's boundaries and ask for consent before presenting such matters, this works by using a content warning. If you're talking about the death of someone you put something like "mention of death of person" or anything like it in there to give people the chance to not read about the death of a person.

There are people, also in the EU of course, which have had a really really bad time for the past three years or more and who have to go to a lot of effort to not just collapse on the spot. Now you're putting the image of the face of a dead person right in their face and say "this person died", in a space that they thought was safe from such intrusions. Please stop this.

@EU_Commission dear EU Commission, not everyone is always prepared to deal with a topic such as the death of people. Death is a very strong and often overwhelming topic. And for many people this space, the fediverse, is a safe space, one where they can interact with their friends without the fear of being overwhelmed by bad news. I ask you do respect other people's boundaries and ask for consent before presenting such matters, this works by using a content warning. If you're talking about the death...

16 February at 15:15 | Open on catcatnya.com
Braw :blob_cat_melt: 🏳‍🌈

@benaryorg you have the tools to automatically hide such posts behind a content warning based on keywords. stop bothering others, reality is reality and you won't be able to run away from it forever

@EU_Commission

17 February at 0:15 | Open on mstdn.social
@MyKomment

@EU_Commission
Gird your loins Europe
Prepare for war

16 February at 15:35 | Open on dizl.de
Arga
Lee
idm1try

@EU_Commission i live in russia, putin is destroying this country every day i hope i will be able migrate to EU as soon as possible
navalny dead is not confirmed by navalny team and relatives now maybe is putin propaganda fake but still overwhelming
putin will be paint himself a 146% in the election
many russians don't support putin and war or propaganda does its job

16 February at 16:09 | Open on social.treehouse.systems
OtownKim
Monkey Boy

That statement could as easily have been written about the EU.

16 February at 16:24 | Open on noauthority.social
Saverio58
Mx Amber Alex

@EU_Commission you are aware that Navalny was a dedicated nationalist whose issue was with Putin, not Putin's nationalism, yes? Who was outspoken about supporting the assault on Ukraine and the illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory by the Russian regime?

16 February at 16:40 | Open on eldritch.cafe
idm1try

@amberage navalny never supported occupation of ukraine, crimea

16 February at 16:57 | Open on social.treehouse.systems
Mx Amber Alex

@idm1try

>

Navalny has argued that the people of Crimea should decide the fate of the peninsula by holding a free and open referendum. He has also said that Ukraine will likely refuse to recognize the results of such a referendum, were it ever held, and the conflict in and over Crimea will probably drag on for decades.

[…]

>

His realist position on Crimea angered both sides: Kasparov dissociated himself from Navalny because of Navalny’s failure to state that Crimea is and should remain a part of Ukraine;

And:

>

"He used to attend the Russian march, a very far-right nationalist group generally behind the slogan of 'Russia for ethnic Russians'. Anybody who expects Navalny to be an ideal Western liberal Democrat has been mistaken," she tells Euronews.

[…]

>

His ultra-nationalist sentiment was prominent in a video dating back some 17 years filled with xenophobic comments.

"Everything in our way should be carefully but decisively removed through deportation," Navalny said in the video dressed as a dentist, comparing immigrants to dental cavities.

[…]

>

"Everyone expected Navalny to be anti-Putin and anti-imperialist, but he supported the invasion."

Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, accusing its neighbour of committing genocide against Russian speakers in the border regions. Others say Russia actually invaded to further its geopolitical interests and assert regional dominance.

And:

>

In a 2007 pro-gun rights video, Navalny presents himself as a “certified nationalist” who wants to exterminate “flies and cockroaches” – while bearded Muslim men appear in cutaways.

He whips out a gun and shoots an actor wearing a keffiyeh who tried to “attack” him.

[…]

>

In 2013, Navalny ran for Moscow mayor on an anti-migrant platform – and came second with 27 percent of the vote.

And:

>

He also recalled highly controversial comments made by the Russian opposition politician about Crimea in the fall of 2014, after the peninsula had already been annexed by Moscow.

"What, is Crimea a ham sandwich or something that you can take and give it back?" Navalny had asked rhetorically at the time, irritating Ukrainians.

So yeah, I correct: anti-war, but not pro-Ukraine either, and his opinion on Ukraine is unknown but you can make assumptions based on his ethno-nationalist stance.

newyorker.com/news/our-columni

euronews.com/2023/07/07/racist

aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/25/n

spiegel.de/international/world

@idm1try

>

Navalny has argued that the people of Crimea should decide the fate of the peninsula by holding a free and open referendum. He has also said that Ukraine will likely refuse to recognize the results of such a referendum, were it ever held, and the conflict in and over Crimea will probably drag on for decades.

16 February at 17:08 | Open on eldritch.cafe
🍸Pooka🥂🐰🥂Boo🍸
Stephen Dedalus

@EU_Commission This is why EU states need to send more arms to Ukraine. We cannot let Putin win.

16 February at 17:40 | Open on hostux.social
Kristine K.

@EU_Commission

This is no coincidence - Putin had Navalny killed to show that he has the support of Trump and many in the GOP. Traitorous scum.

#Navalny #Trump #MAGA #GOP

16 February at 17:50 | Open on sfba.social
Jorre
Breakup Gaming Society

@EU_Commission I can almost guarantee you that what Putin fears least is dissent from the hoi polloi. Keeping them in line is easy as long as he decapitates the occasional challenger in the ugly coalition of state security, gangsters, and billionaires he keeps in line. This isn't suppression of a people's champion. It's a mafia hit. Take a breath.

16 February at 18:03 | Open on dice.camp
Peter Kal ☭

@EU_Commission
Im guessing the death of thousands of Palestinians ain't that moving as the death of Alexei.

16 February at 18:04 | Open on mastodon.social
Strght

@EU_Commission

Pls start to point on Governments and far-right parties that justify Putin and/ or collaborate with him and his gang. I think of Hungary, Serbia, LePen, AfD etc. Say it loud and clear before it’s to late.

16 February at 18:04 | Open on mastodon.social
glasspshr

@EU_Commission

fuck. rest in peace. how this sucks. he was murdered, any way you slice it

16 February at 18:36 | Open on beige.party
π
Random Walker 😷🇪🇺🍸
Collectifission

@EU_Commission cool, where is your condemnation of Israel?

16 February at 19:31 | Open on greennuclear.online
rbfarmer
@EU_Commission I hope the Trudeau regime will soon let the last two Coutts Alberta convoy protester free. 2 years of illegal imprisonment.
16 February at 20:57 | Open on drcassone.social
SETSystems

@EU_Commission
So Navalny died in prison just a month ahead of the Russian elections. How considerate of him. This is why the execute-ive "unlimited immunity" argument is just flat out totalitarianism.

#TrumPutin #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #MAGA

16 February at 21:36 | Open on defcon.social
TAI

@EU_Commission this should be the last straw as far as putin is concerned. All the garbage about going after terrorists and the world allows him to live in luxury instead of running for cover,. Why isn't putin hiding in the mountains like Bin Laden already. he's a much bigger threat to world stability. somebody explain

16 February at 21:41 | Open on mstdn.social
TAI

@EU_Commission why are fools indulging the assange distraction from tragedy of Navalny, just disgusting

16 February at 21:43 | Open on mstdn.social
TAI

@EU_Commission yet nobody takes the fight to the world's most notorious terrorist, putin. Can;t have it both ways, treat him as a politician to excuse cowardice towards dealing with him and a terrorist with your opinions.

16 February at 21:45 | Open on mstdn.social
SpaceLifeForm

@EU_Commission

He should have never went back to Russia.

This was so sadly predictable on day one.

No one should ever go there these days.

17 February at 0:23 | Open on infosec.exchange
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