so, the cia propaganda around navalny is ratcheting up...

this ridiculous gem comes from the washington post:

"navalny is russia's best known opposition leader"

in fact, his party currently has 0 seats in the duma.

the best known opposition leader in russia is likely gennady zyuganov, who is the leader of the communist party, which holds 42 seats in the duma, to united russia's 343. the third party is the ldpr (a very right-wing party), which holds 39 seats.

i know - you're going to tell me navalny was not allowed to run.

that's right, he wasn't - because he's a nazi. russia's rules may be a little more strict than i'd support, but there are quite a few countries in the world that bar nazis from seeking high office, that's not that odd.