Talk:Alexei Navalny

Claim that Alexei Navalny is a CIA operative was removed, but later restored

Conservapedia Commandment #1: "Everything must be VERIFIABLE and true." No evidence was offered that Alexei Navalny is a CIA operative. So I deleted this unverified claim. Conservative (talk) 15:25, June 10, 2023 (EDT)

I looked at footnote #3 in the article and could not find any info supporting the assertion

The current article reads: "Despite his high profile Western media presence, Navalny suffers from low-name recognition in the Russian Federation. A graduate of the Yale World Fellows Program, Navalny is listed on Yale’s website as a cofounder of the Democratic Alternative Movement, an organization shown in a leaked diplomatic cable to have received funding from the CIA regime change arm, the National Endowment for Democracy, a fact it had concealed for “fear of appearing compromised by an American connection.” "

(Footnote #1 above is footnote #3 in the Alexei Navalny article).

Did I miss something? Because it looks like footnote #3 doesn't at all support your claim. Did you use the wrong source? Conservative (talk) 15:47, June 10, 2023 (EDT)

I just found this excerpt on the page related to footnote #3 in the article: "7. (C) DA!: Mariya Gaydar, daughter of former Prime Minister Yegor Gaydar, leads DA! (Democratic Alternative). She is ardent in her promotion of democracy, but realistic about the obstacles she faces. Gaydar said that DA! is focused on non-partisan activities designed to raise political awareness. She has received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy, a fact she does not publicize for fear of appearing compromised by an American connection. She told us that DA! was a complement to Oborona, not a competitor, and is an effort to widen the democratic base. "People who would want to join Oborona would not want to join DA! and vice versa, but we work together for a common goal." Gaydar told us that DA! was more a forum for open discussion than a political movement. She has organized a series of debates among people with controversial viewpoints. She is also planning to hold a summer camp in 2007 to train up to 2000 students in the ways of democratic activism."[1]

So evidently an American connection was found. But American doesn't necessarily mean CIA. They are not synonymous. So you were engaging in conjecture. Conservative (talk) 15:55, June 10, 2023 (EDT)

I rolled back my edits after reading the below information

The National Endowment for Democracy (referred to by critics as the National Endowment for Regime Change) which was set up in 1983 at the initiative of the U.S. Congress resolution H.R. 2915 to fund projects that "promote liberal democracy in the world" after a series of scandals undermined both the credibility and the public image of the CIA. The organization was established as a cutout doing much of the agency’s dirtiest work. “It would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA,” Gershman himself said, explaining its creation. “A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA,” NED cofounder Allen Weinstein told The Washington Post in 1991.

So the article was restored to RobS' version. Conservative (talk) 16:04, June 10, 2023 (EDT)

Good to see that you admit to understanding nothing about geopolitics, international relations, or Cold War history. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 09:33, February 5, 2024 (EST)