If he was so unpopular, then why did Putin try to assassinate him, then imprison him on fabricated charges with no intent to ever release him? Why couldn’t he just defeat him in a fair election and then ignore him?
- https://www.state.gov/second-anniversary-of-the-poisoning-of-aleksey-navalny/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexei_Navalny#:~:text=Traces of the Novichok nerve,other undisclosed object(s).
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-says-he-has-received-new-criminal-charges-2023-12-01/
- https://www.state.gov/conviction-and-sentencing-of-aleksey-navalny-on-additional-politically-motivated-charges/
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/europe/navalny-extremism-trial-verdict-russia-intl/index.html
I’m a little confused why this is in the news. First off, it’s just a House Resolution. It’s has no legally binding repercussions. It’s basically the House of Representatives as a group making a statement: “We don’t like anti-Semitism”. The definition of anti-Semitism they decided to point to is the thing that’s really in contention. But again, this affects nobody but the US House of Representatives.
Secondly, the vote on this took place in December. So it seems kind of late to be raging over it.
Full text of the resolution: https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hres894/BILLS-118hres894ih.pdf
Summary of action: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/894/all-info
If you’re in the US and it really bugs you, I’d suggest looking up how your district representative voted and let them know how you feel about it.