Navalny has been charged with running an "extremist group." The designation is part of the Kremlin's complex scheme to ensure there will never be a free and fair election in Russia.
After September 11th, I had a growing discomfort with the scope creep that "terrorist" began to take on. It started with some idiot shining a laser pointer at a passenger liner, then started to be used to describe drug dealers. Sadly, it took China and Russia calling people "terrorists" before I realized the implication of treating a label as a special case that overrides due process.
It's good that you point out that this sort of practice is nothing new to Russia. It's important for us to see it and recognize it, before it shows up in our halls again.
After September 11th, I had a growing discomfort with the scope creep that "terrorist" began to take on. It started with some idiot shining a laser pointer at a passenger liner, then started to be used to describe drug dealers. Sadly, it took China and Russia calling people "terrorists" before I realized the implication of treating a label as a special case that overrides due process.
It's good that you point out that this sort of practice is nothing new to Russia. It's important for us to see it and recognize it, before it shows up in our halls again.