The mistake of the candidate. Why Navalny Debata with Riflekov

Igor Strelkov (Girkin) in Donetsk. Photo: Mikhail Voskresensky / RIA Novosti

Alexei Navalny accepted the challenge of Igor Strelkov and promises the debate with him on his own Utuub channel. Even the topics are indicated: how to defeat corruption, how to relate to the West and what to do with the Donbass and Crimea. Many sympathizers of Navalny are puzzled: Strelkov is a military criminal, and a conversation with him is possible only in court, where Strelkov will be as an accused (in the beautiful Russia of the future, of course, after the victory of the good). Really faithful associates stand on the hind legs and explain that the leader, as always, acts unmistakably. Navalov himself calls Strelkov “the opinion of a particular group of citizens of the Russian Federation,” says that he needs the vote of all nationalists in the upcoming elections, and let him have ideological discrepancies with individual representatives, but he is “the only presidential candidate who directly declares that all political forces should be allowed to the political life of the country, including nationalists”.

Navalny's game

The leader, by the way, really acts unmistakably. When he declared himself a presidential candidate, many were perplexed: why, it’s clear that Navalny would never be allowed to any elections. Many were perplexed, and he rushed to open the regional headquarters. Perplexity intensified: what headquarters, why headquarters, there will be no elections. And in general, this is not an election, and Navalny never ... State people - from Peskov to Pamfilova - are repeated tired: they will never let us in any elections. But this seems to be not so important anymore. The headquarters in dozens of cities act, gather around them volunteers who are ready for serious risk, and the pressure from the state - and direct, through a police terror, and indirect, with the help of a variety of deduced "activists" - only adds to all popularity, and volunteers - determination.

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