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>he's a racist

No, he is not.

Navalny was against banning a right-wing group from protesting and exercising their freedom of speech. He explicitly condemned their racism and hatred but said it was wrong to limit their freedom of speech:

>In late 2006, Navalny appealed to the Moscow City Hall, asking it to grant permission to conduct the nationalist 2006 Russian march. However, he added that Yabloko (Navalny's party) condemned "any ethnic or racial hatred and any xenophobia" and called on the police to oppose "any fascist, Nazi, xenophobic manifestations".



> >he's a racist

> No, he is not.

Yes, he is.

For example, he never distanced himself from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNJiO10SWw

Even if you don't speak Russian, the message is clear. People in the USA have been labelled as racists for much lesser offences.

https://globalvoices.org/2013/07/25/ethnic-slurs-haunt-alexe...

A quick google “Navalny racist” will bring many sources, some of them in English, that points to his various racist incidents.


I watched the video, and it is clear that the video is advocating the right for personal firearms. I saw no racism in the video. Unless you would consider any depiction of criminals racist unless it shows criminals of all races (which I am won't).




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