Muratov is a great man, I really like his thinking and he curtailed Russian politics with extreme agility, but he did not sacrifice his freedom for democracy the same way Nelson Mandela did.
Muratov is a great man, I really like his thinking and he curtailed Russian politics with extreme agility, but he did not sacrifice his freedom for democracy the same way Nelson Mandela did.
He participated in Russian marches some 20 years ago but kept his distance afterwards. FYI, ultra-nationalists outside of government structures were all jailed or killed since then, and the state nourishes similar sentiments in people much more successfully.
He is favoring the idea of abolishing free travel with poorer countries like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, but this is pretty much in line with the politics of all other governments (US vs Mexico as opposed to US vs Canada).
Anything else is state propaganda trying to discredit him.
Regarding hate against sexual minorities, in the more than a decade of following Navalny on social media, I have never seen him exhibiting any hate or resentment towards sexual minorities, so I think that this accusation is an outright lie.
The status quo is that the Russian state pays loads of money to little czars in Caucasus to keep them comfy instead of fighting them in civil wars.
If you followed him more than 10 years, you would be aware of his extremely hateful comments against all kids of minorities in his blog.
For example, his proposals to kick all "rats" (Georgians) out of Russia and bomb them[1]. That's just one example out of many.
SOURCES
You continuously claim Navalny to have hateful views on sexual minorities or jews, but you fail to provide any sources.
As for georgian 'rats'. 1. This was a statement done during an actual WAR with georgia, with extremely distorted information field and difficult to judge situation. I myself was very anti-georgian at that moment, but my views have changed since then. Navalny has also retracted his statement on the matter and apologized for it a long time ago, but propagandists like you endlessly cite it without any context or follow ups.
2 or 3 statements in the past = "rich history of hate"
People are inherently complex.
99% are his LJ comments though.
The way you describe him he must be an Adolf Hitler. Heck even Adolf Hitler probably wasn't blaming the Jews and communists 99% of the time, your depiction is more of the Westboro Baptist pastor.