@EU_Commission Navalny was anti-Putin and anti-corruption, but let's not pretend he was some kind of democratic hero. He proudly marched with neo-nazis (and organised marches until 2011), called non-ethnic Russians "rodents", and was every bit as imperialist as Putin is. He has openly supported Russia's occupations of Georgia and Crimea and made it clear that he thought Crimea should never be returned.

Is that the best opposition the Russians can muster?