Yulia Navalnaya, who recently announced her ambitions to be president of Russia, gave an interview to Die Zeit media and spoke out about the war in Ukraine.
When asked whether she thinks supplying weapons to Ukraine is the right solution, Navalnaya said, "It's hard to say. Bombs are hitting Russians as well."
Yulia Navalnaya stated that this war is Putin's war. When she was reminded that Russian military personnel kill Ukrainians every day, she replied, "Of course, people are in combat. But it's his war."
In fact, tens of millions of Russians are involved in the war - not just those on the frontlines, but also those who provide, propagandize and support the war. Those who work in military factories, in prisons where Ukrainian PoWs are tortured, on propaganda channels, teachers who dress up children in military uniforms and give them toy guns. There are millions of these Russians.
There is no doubt Yulia Navalnaya knows and understands this. Putin may disappear, but these millions of Russians formed in the ideology of war, imperial ambitions and in the paradigm of opposing the West, won't. Having political ambitions, how can one get high ratings, be elected by these people and lead them? No one can become a leader of these mad people while directly calling them murderers and terrorists responsible for the deaths of peaceful neighbors.
So, any Russian politician with political ambitions faces this dilemma:
◾️ Either call things by their names and become an enemy of the warring and pro-war Russians, like Garry Kasparov does, for example: he constantly says that only the victory of Ukraine will make Russia free;
◾️ Or follow the path of, say, Yulia Navalnaya, who says that "everything is not so clear-cut" with weapons for Ukraine and blames Putin for everything, thus taking the blame off the Russian people.
Russian opposition is very active in the West, organizing events and participating in public activities. Many people believe that if a Russian oppositioner is against Putin, then they support Ukraine. This is not always the case.
Russia's only hope for radical change is its defeat in the war and Ukraine's victory. It is the collapse of Russia's imperial consciousness. The real Russian opposition needs to be on the side and in defense of Ukraine.
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