On 2/3/21 1:05 PM, Andrew Stewart wrote:
Of course, the fact that there were people who turned out in support
of Navalny doesn't really tell you anything at all about who he
actually is. For that, the *Times* audio team would have been better
off going to the *Times* archives, where they would have found a
profile of Navalny from 2011. After telling readers that he has
"Nordic good looks, a caustic sense of humor and no political
organization," Troianovski's predecessor Ellen Barry (12/9/11
<https://fair.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6457f9552de19bc603e65b9c&id=f8373186ae&e=9e9cb3e1ce>)
related some rather more relevant background:
He has appeared as a speaker alongside neo-Nazis and skinheads,
and once starred in a video
<https://fair.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6457f9552de19bc603e65b9c&id=3540a02e95&e=9e9cb3e1ce>
that compares dark-skinned Caucasus militants to cockroaches.
While cockroaches can be killed with a slipper, he says that in
the case of humans, “I recommend a pistol.”
It's not much of a cliffhanger, but the *Times* turns out to have
known who Navalny is
<https://fair.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6457f9552de19bc603e65b9c&id=61d825ca3f&e=9e9cb3e1ce>
for almost 10 years.
Not a surprising article from an outfit that has pimped for Bashar
al-Assad since 2011.
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