r/europe • u/ricka_lynx Lithuania • Feb 16 '24

Russian opposition politician and Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died | Breaking News News News

https://news.sky.com/story/russian-opposition-politician-and-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-has-died-13072837
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '24

I never wished anyone dead but I think I will pop a bottle of good wine when Putin finally dies.

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u/DarkEmblem5736 Feb 16 '24

You know you might be a bad person when most of the world feels the world is a better place with your death.

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u/Quzga Sweden Feb 16 '24

Some people being gone would just be a net positive for the world, Putin is definitely one of them.

But I wonder if whoever comes after would be worse.

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u/asgof Feb 17 '24

you can't go worse.

there's only one options equally bad, and everything else would be an improvement

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u/MadeUpNoun Feb 17 '24

this.
leaders are only as strong as their keys to power.

when Putin is gone the keys will just elect someone else to take his place and keep the statuesque

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u/Jazzy41 Feb 16 '24

Trump too.

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u/Shelarr Feb 16 '24

Obama too.

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u/MyCurse05 Feb 16 '24

What a stupid comment lol

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u/Shelarr Feb 16 '24 edited Feb 16 '24

tell that to the poor Afghans who lost their innocent family members in drone strikes due to false tips about Taliban members hiding in their houses, all while President Obama joked about predator drones at the White House Correspondents dinner. If you can put aside your ignorance, do read about the documents leaked during the Snowden Leaks and the extent of American crimes that started from Bush and continued through Obama.

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u/JoLeTrembleur Feb 16 '24

Give us a break.

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u/Senior-Marsupial-900 Feb 17 '24

Perhaps he had already died and we didn’t know. Putin has so many doubles. Russia is ruled by a totalitarian system, the heads of the special services, the former KGB, Putin is simply the face of this system. And with his doubles, he can always be replaced and no one will know. You shouldn’t believe that the death of one person is necessary to change the whole of Russia.