#leonid volkov

[feluka]

Obra Dinn Worst Fate Bracket Tournament

ROUND 1 - 4

Previous matchups: (1) (2) (3)

(Matchups are randomized)

Who had the worst fate?

Emily Jackson

Leonid Volkov

Voting ended onJun 8

Portraits and fates under the cut. [SPOILERS]

Emily Jackson (left), passenger, escaped to Morocco during Escape.

Leonid Volkov (right), topman, was shot by Emily Jackson during Escape.

[ketrindoll]

Jumping ahead of bot army that might spread total lies about Lithuania and russian opposition.

The only valid russian opposition is the one that is currently fighting on Ukraine's side in Ukraine

The rest are more often than not the same level imperialists as the current russian gov, just against putin.

Exhibit A is one of the leaders of Navalny group Leonid Volkov. This whole time he had a center in Lithuania, where he currently resides, being protected my local institutions. He also receives foreign funds, for example, from EU. He is responsible for the entire political direction of the Navalnyi fund or at least its regional subdivision, as well as being their leading IT man.

Leonid Volkov is also someone who:

Spoke harshly and openly AGAINST russians who fight on Ukraine's side, wishing death on their commanders

Upon false claims over the death of russian pro-Ukrainian commander, he wrote "finally we're having denazification"

Propagated arrest of Ukrainian officials, like head of Ukrainian intelligence Budanov

Called Ukrainian military officials propagandists and thieves

Had trouble explaining the source of his money or where he's allocating received funds

According to local russian oppositioners, would fire from Navalnyi center those who cross the "Volkov line" - expresses open support for Ukraine or financially supports the Ukrainian military

Promotes removal of sactions to russian oligarchs

This is a person who is supposedly russian opposition. Do you see any claims of his that would contradict the russian gov from what I listed?

Because of this pattern of behaviour, Lithuania is considering to remove his ability to reside in our country. He will, without a doubt, find a new place of residence in some naive European country that wouldn't look into his statements, political or financial, as strictly.

He will also, without a doubt, employ the Navalnyi fund's clout to bash Lithuania for being anti russian opposition. I fully expect his (or russian gov's) bot army to spread that narrative, too.

So, before that happens, know your "heroes", understand who this person is, and don't believe the lies that are due to follow if his ability to reside in Lithuania will actually be removed

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

Even MORE great news:

Russian dissident Ilya Yashin is FREE from a Russian prison! It is finally good to hear of a Russian dissident who has been released this time.

Here he is, with members of the late Alexei Navalny's team, including Leonid Volkov (white shirt), Maria Pevchikh, and Ivan Zhdanov behind her.

JUSTICE does come!

[freedom-in-sight]

The former head of Navalny's campaign headquarters, Leonid Volkov, was attacked in his ego at home in Vilnius. This was reported by the ex-press secretary of Alexei Navalny, Kira Yarmysh. "They broke the window in his car with a hammer and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began to beat Leonid with a hammer. Now Leonid is at home, the police and an ambulance are on their way to him," she wrote. After that, doctors arrived and decided to hospitalize the victim. "The news about the attack on Leonid Volkov is shocking," said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. "Relevant bodies are working. The guilty will have to answer for their crime," added the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Gabrielus Landsbergis. "The key risk now is that we will all be killed. Well, it's quite an obvious thing," Leonid Volkov told the publication on the evening of March 12, a few hours before the attack. In the photo: Volkov is taken to the hospital by ambulance. It is obvious that Putin and his agency have moved on from state terrorism and consider it possible to organize attacks and murders of undesirables in the countries of the European Union. We wish Leonid a speedy recovery and appropriate protection and safety measures! European law enforcement agencies should take comprehensive measures to detain and arrest all Putin agents, killers and their accomplices. The time has come to put an end to this resolutely and universally. No Putin's terror! We are not afraid and they will not intimidate us!✊🏻 UPD "The great terror of a small dictator has begun" - this is how Khristo Grozev commented on the attack on Volkov. "Activists, journalists and just free-thinking people - be careful. Do not be afraid, but be careful. Don't make it easier for brainless bandits," Grozev added on X social networks.

Gulagu.net

[tomorrowusa]

« There will be no leniency for collaborators of the Russian services. We will burn down every betrayal and attempt at destabilization.

[Dla kolaborantów rosyjskich służb nie będzie żadnej pobłażliwości. Wypalimy żelazem każdą zdradę i próbę destabilizacji.] »

— Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland commenting on the arrests of three residents of Poland taken in custody for actual and attempted terrorist acts instigated by Russia. From the BBC and Polsat News.

Prime Minister Tusk's strong words come after two Polish football hooligans were arrested for assaulting an anti-Putin exile in neighboring Lithuania and a Polish man was arrested for gathering intelligence on behalf of Russia around Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport.

Rzeszów-Jasionka is not far from Poland's border from Ukraine and is used by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy because civilian aviation in Ukrainian airspace has been shut down due to the war. The suspect in that case is alleged to have helped Russia with an attempted assassination of Zelenskyy.

Poland is as deeply divided along partisan lines as the United States. But one thing which unites most Poles is distrust of and opposition to Russia.

Poland disappeared as a national entity for 123 years when its territory was seized by Prussia (later Germany), Austria, and Russia – with Russia taking the bulk of the territory. And from the end of World War II until 1989 Poland was an involuntary satellite of the now defunct Soviet Union. People acting as Russian agents should expect no mercy from the justice system.

The US needs to take a similar hard line with those collaborating with the Putin dictatorship. Putin was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet secret police (KGB). He famously thinks that the collapse of the USSR was the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century. Such a person should never be trusted; those in the West who admire him are likely either intellectual simpletons or wannabe Russian collaborators.

[watchingalotofmovies]

Navalny

Navalny    [trailer]

Fly-on-the-wall documentary that follows Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, through his political rise, attempted assassination and search to uncover the truth.

An absolutely gripping watch. A thriller that tells a story stranger than fiction.

The official killing attempt and subsequent farcical indictments to jail and silence him are just one element of Russia's relentless move from authoritarianism to totalitarian regime.

Prominently featured in the doc is investigative journalism group Bellingcat. I can strongly recommend a doc about the organisation and their work.

[notschlatt]

The final battle between good and neutrality (eng)

Since Team Navalny’s video message announcing country-wide protests in Russia doesn’t have eng subs I thought I’d translate it in case anyone is interested. 

There are circumstances in which you need to act quickly or the irreparable will happen. At these moments decisions must be made instantly because decisions can change everything. Now is the exact moment.

We decided not to wait for the gathering of 500,000 people on our website free.navalny.com. Events are moving too fast and too bad. It is no longer possible to wait and postpone. An extreme situation requires extreme solutions. We are announcing the protest now.

Wednesday, April 21st, 7pm, central squares of Russian cities.

Have you ever seen how person is killed, with your own eyes? You have. You’re seeing it right now. And no matter how much one wants to abstract, not to think about it or change the topic - this will not change the fact that Alexey Navalny is being killed. In a scary way. In front of all of us.

And before each of us, whether we want it or not, there’s this particular question: are we ready to do something to save the life of a person who has been risking it for us for many years.

The Anti-Corruption Foundation turns 10 this year. 10 years ago, we gathered to tell you how the deceitful United Russia (the leading party of Russia) members actually live on our money. We have changed the life of every official forever, we have stirred up their cozy nests of corruption. They never liked it, and now they are infuriated.

All these years we have lived under maximum pressure. Constant searches, arrests, criminal cases, accounts’ blockage, night interrogations, hostage-relatives. Nevertheless, even under this pressure, we managed to survive, and not only survive: new investigations came out, our candidates won elections. Putin was even more angry.

The rates increased sharply last year when they tried to poison Navalny with ‘Novichok’. But he survived, he investigated his poisoning, talked to his own killer, and then returned to Russia to continue his politics. Putin could not forgive this and made Alexey his hostage.

Now Navalny is in colony and his life is hanging by a thread. He has serious health problems but the doctors are not allowed to see him. He has been on a hunger strike for several weeks now, demanding medical attention. The condition is critical. We don't know how long he can take. But it is clear that we do not have time.

On Friday, April 16, the Moscow prosecutor's office filed a statement of claiming the Anti-Corruption Foundation and Navalny's headquarters as extremist organizations. If we do not answer this in any way there is no doubt that the court will satisfy this claim. And very quickly.

What does it mean? This means that we, in fact, will be equated with terrorists.

This means that anyone who says: "I am an employee of Navalny's headquarters" or "I am an employee of the Anti-Corruption Foundation" will go to prison for up to six years. This means that trying to continue our work – i.e., releasing new investigations – will lead to the fact that anyone who does this can be imprisoned for 10 years.

Just think about it: there is Hezbollah - an organization that is responsible for dozens of terrorist attacks. And it is invited to Moscow for official negotiations. And there are the Anti-Corruption Foundation and headquarters that are simply fighting to ensure that the laws are respected in Russia. But this cannot be done. Now this is extremism. Putin is ready to talk on equal terms with murderers because he is a murderer himself. But he hates those who are fighting for freedom and who want to live in a happy Russia. And in this hatred he has already reached the extreme point.

Why it happened right now is easy to understand. Trust in Putin is vastly decreasing, and the influence of TV is getting weaker. Living standards are decreasing too, prices are rising, and people's eyes are opening. The rating of United Russia, the party on which Putin relies, is getting lower and lower, partly thanks to our work. Therefore, Putin launched a desperate attack.

If we keep quiet now, it will be the darkest time for free people. Russia will plunge into complete darkness. Peaceful political activity in Russia will become impossible. Anyone who disagrees with the current regime will be recognized as an extremist. Anyone who does not agree that Putin has seized power with a gang of thieves will be recognized as an enemy of the state.

Talking about corruption is a crime. Fighting for your rights is a crime. To tell the truth is a crime. Anyone who wants to live in a free country is a potential criminal. Anyone who is unhappy with anything from hybrid wars to tiny pensions is a criminal. When Putin decided to declare us extremists, he actually gave a signal to each of you: you are dangerous people. You are terrible people. People like you are simply not needed in Russia.

But we need Russia. We want to live in a happy country where there are no political prisoners, where political opponents are not killed or tortured in prisons. You and I have nowhere to retreat.

This Wednesday, April 21, at 7pm local time, we are calling on people across the country to protest. Call all your friends and go out to the central squares. Come to the largest city in which you can be on Wednesday evening: from the regional city to the regional center, from the Moscow region to Moscow.

The life of Alexey Navalny and the fate of Russia depend on how many citizens get to the streets this Wednesday. And three days before the protest are needed for absolutely everyone to know about it. Talk about it wherever you can. Talk to everyone you can reach. Hang flyers at the entrance/porch, write posts on social media, call your family and relatives and tell them what is happening. Absolutely everyone can do something to save Alexey right now. Don't miss this opportunity, there may not be another one.

Once, when Alexey Navalny was just starting his political path, he titled his blog as ‘The final battle between good and neutrality’. Now, when Putin is killing Navalny for the second time in front of all of Russia, and the authorities are registering everyone who is against it as extremists, we are forced to correct this slogan. Ahead of us is a very difficult final battle between normal people and absolute evil.

If you do not want the country to completely plunge into the darkness, you have the last chance to prevent this.

[gwydionmisha]

Suspected poisoning of Putin critic was meant to kill him, not to scare him off, chief aide says

For years Leonid Volkov has experienced the the leading Putin critic Alexey Navalny. Last week he lived that nightmare.