the first sign of an eagle-eye is the ability to notice the smallest changes

651.  the first sign of an eagle-eye is the ability to notice the smallest changes since on them depends the vibration of the whole.     -Morya:  Agni Yoga 1929

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  "Is Crimea some sort of sausage sandwich to be passed back and forth? I don't think so," he said….The anti-corruption crusader said that acquiring territory from nearby countries was a policy that would ultimately harm the interests of the Russian people.  "There is nothing more damaging to the interests of the Russian people than this imperial chauvinism," he said.  "It's not in the interests of Russians to seize neighboring republics, it's in their interests to fight corruption, alcoholism and so on — to solve internal problems," he added.

  Navalny also said that Russia should stop "sponsoring the war" in eastern Ukraine between pro-Moscow separatists and government forces, but insisted that Russians and Ukrainians are the same people.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/10/16/navalny-wouldnt-return-crimea-considers-immigration-bigger-issue-than-ukraine-a40477

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  In March last year Navalny went toe-to-toe with television host Vladimir Pozner.  The year before that, he faced off against Anatoly Chubais, the head of Rusnano and one of the most influential people during Boris Yeltsin's presidency.  This Thursday, as his presidential campaign confronts a nationwide police crackdown, Dozhd.   Russia's biggest enemy, he said, isn't the West, but the actions of its own political leadership.  Navalny also endorsed the West's sanctions against targeted Russian economic sectors and Putin-connected oligarchs.

Navalny debated Igor Strelkov (born Igor Girkin), the Russian army veteran who played key roles in Russia's annexation of Crimea and later the pro-Russian separatist war in eastern Ukraine—televised on the independent station Dozhd.   Russia's biggest enemy, he said, isn't the West, but the actions of its own political leadership.  Navalny also endorsed the West's sanctions against targeted Russian economic sectors and Putin-connected oligarchs.

7-20-2017  https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/07/21/two-nationalists-walk-into-a-room

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8-11-2018  MOSCOW    Navalny knows the risks he’s taking.  At a demonstration in May 2011 I saw two policemen grab him as soon as he picked up a megaphone.  More police came on the scene, flanking him so no supporters could come to his rescue. One of the police kept twisting his arm until his wrist broke. But he kept shouting to his supporters "Do not leave the square!”…

  Alexei Navalny had just gotten out of jail, again, when he sat down with the Daily Beast for an exclusive interview.  Giant crowds join his anti-Putin rallies in cities all over Russia, but you won’t see his face on state television.  Millions watch his YouTube investigative reports that expose the shocking corruption of high-profile Russian officials, but you won’t hear President Vladimir Putin pronounce his name publicly.  The Kremlin’s strategy was to jail Navalny periodically while ignoring his existence in public statements….

  "Navalny demonstrates pure courage,” says journalist Tanya Felgenhauer, the victim of an assault herself.  “He is not afraid of taking responsibility, he always comes out to face the crowd alone, all over the country, while Putin comes out to well-prepared and guarded crowds."  …

  Modern Russia and the Soviet Union grew from the same soil, he said.  “This evil is called hypocrisy—as a kid I realized that if the Soviet Union could not even provide me with chewing gum, there was something wrong.”…Whenever he is out of jail Navalny is unstoppable, publishing reports about “The Life of Tsars at State Corporations” or introducing Russians to the palaces that Putin’s cronies have abroad: Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov’s palace in London: a dacha right on the border with Finland that belongs to Gen. Nikolai Kozik, deputy head of the State Security Service (FSB). Navalny links Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika to mobsters who carried out a notorious massacre.  

  "Our country  is absolutely ready for liberation, for becoming a normal European state, a parliamentary republic,” said Navalny.  “We should just put the key criminals on trial and the rest of the system will fall in line with the new government.”  https://www.thedailybeast.com/alexei-navalny-on-standing-up-to-putin-and-his-murderous-minions

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10-26-18    Russia's only opposition magazine, the New Times, faces bankruptcy and apparent closure after a court slapped the outlet with a fine of nearly $340,000, its editor said on Friday.

  The magazine known for its no-holds-barred coverage of Vladimir Putin's nearly two-decade reign was fined over alleged failure to provide information about its financing to the state communications watchdog, said editor Evgenia Albats.

  "This is bankruptcy," Albats told AFP, saying the struggling media outlet would not be able to pay off the enormous amount.

She said the publisher had suddenly been slapped with a fine of 22,250,000 rubles ($338,000) and she herself had been fined 30,000 rubles.  The ruling was made in the absence of the magazine's representatives.

  The court ruling came after Albats interviewed Putin's top critic Alexei Navalny for the liberal Echo of Moscow radio earlier this week.  https://sg.news.yahoo.com/russias-opposition-magazine-faces-closure-over-340-000-172127349.html

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  Foreigners are meanwhile banned from using cellphones, cameras, recording devices or even watches inside government scientific agencies unless their use is regulated in “Russia’s international agreements.”  https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/08/14/russian-scientists-told-beware-foreign-contacts-academic-says-a66843

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