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[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Putin's immensely popular both domestically and in the Global South. Navalny is popular in the West and in some parts of Russia.

With the rise of the Global South, my money is on Putin keeping it together.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

domestic numbers spoofed, when anti-putin riots occur frequently and are brutallt supressed it's hard to say it's 'immense'

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 10 months ago

Saying that Navalny is popular in some parts of Russia is greatly overstating things.