Putin critic Navalny urges Russians ‘to take to the streets and fight for peace’
‘We cannot wait any longer’
Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, further condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine via Twitter thread on Wednesday, even going so far as to call for Russians across the global community to stage daily protests of the conflict.
“I am from the USSR myself. I was born there. And the main phrase from there – from my childhood – was ‘fight for peace,'” Navalny wrote. “I call on everyone to take to the streets and fight for peace.”
6/12 Putin is not Russia. And if there is anything in Russia right now that you can be most proud of, it is those 6824 people who were detained because – without any call – they took to the streets with placards saying “No War”.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) March 2, 2022
“We cannot wait any longer,” the activist continued. “Wherever you are, in Russia, Belarus, or on the other side of the planet, go to the main square of your city every weekday and at 2 p.m. on weekends and holidays.”
8/12 We cannot wait any longer. Wherever you are, in Russia, Belarus or on the other side of the planet, go to the main square of your city every weekday and at 2 pm on weekends and holidays.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) March 2, 2022
“Each arrested person must be replaced by two newcomers,” Navalny urged. “If in order to stop the war we have to fill prisons and paddy wagons with ourselves, we will fill prisons and paddy wagons with ourselves.”
11/12 If in order to stop the war we have to fill prisons and paddy wagons with ourselves, we will fill prisons and paddy wagons with ourselves.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) March 2, 2022
“Everything has a price, and now, in the spring on 2022, we must pay this price. There’s no one to do it for us. Let’s not ‘be against the war.’ Let’s fight against the war.”
12/12 Everything has a price, and now, in the spring of 2022, we must pay this price. There’s no one to do it for us. Let’s not “be against the war.” Let’s fight against the war.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) March 2, 2022
In 2021, Navalny was sentenced to over two years in prison by a Moscow court for alleged parole violations. He is now facing additional fraud charges that could reportedly prolong his sentence by more than 10 years. In 2020, Navalny blamed Putin for poisoning him with a nerve agent.
‘We cannot wait any longer’ Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, further condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine via Twitter thread on Wednesday, even going so far as to call for Russians across the global community to stage daily protests of the conflict. “I am from the USSR myself. I was…
‘We cannot wait any longer’ Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, further condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine via Twitter thread on Wednesday, even going so far as to call for Russians across the global community to stage daily protests of the conflict. “I am from the USSR myself. I was…