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Re:Novichok Nerve Agent Poisoning by lollipop90 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:16PM (#25868252)
> with approximately zero actual Russian support

Despite the fact that the odds are stacked (media controlled by United Russia, etc...) Navalny got 27% of the vote in 2013 Moscow election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moscow_mayoral_election#C...

That is not exactly "zero actual support". And that was before the 2018 "pension" reforms.

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Re:Novichok Nerve Agent Poisoning by AstralStorm on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:12AM (#25869551)
Still not enough to force the hand of the ruling oligarchs just yet. When it's closer to half they're on to something.
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