Navalny: Russia is Not a Country of Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice.

I'm still amazed, he's not dead yet.<br><br>---<br><br># Russia isn't a country of sugar and spice and everything nice, it's a country that invaded Ukraine, and killed tens of thousands of people, including Ukraine soldiers and civilians. It's a country that *invaded* two European countries, Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014. We are not concerned about Nato. We are not concerned about America. We are concerned about our neighbor who is invading other countries. I'm not saying we should be friends with America. But we should be friends with Europeans. We have a lot in common with them.<br><br>I am very interested in China. But we almost have nothing in common with China. We are a European country. We should be friends with Europeans. Russians don't want to be friends with Europeans. They want to bully them. They want to bully everyone.<br><br>Russians are like, "Oh no, we are so poor. We don't have any freedom. We are so miserable because of America." This is what Russians say. They say, "Oh, if only we had more freedom and more money, we would be so happy." This is a lie. Russians have a lot of freedom. Take a look at Russians on Twitter, they say anything they want. Russians have a lot of money. Russia has immense natural resources. And Russians are not happy. They are not happy because they are aggressive. The government tells them to be aggressive. The government tells them to hate Americans and Europeans.<br><br>Russians are very aggressive people. I'm Russian myself. I know what I'm talking about. I'm not a Russophobe. I love my country. But we need to change it. We need to be friends with Europeans. I'm not saying we should be friends with Americans. But we should be friends with Europeans. The government tells us to hate Europeans. They tell us to hate Europeans because they are afraid of us becoming friends with Europeans.<br><br>Russians want to be friends with Europeans. But the government doesn't want it. The government thinks it will lose control if Russians know what's happening in Europe.<br><br>I think we should organize real, free, and fair elections. But we need to be free to organize them. There is no way to organize real elections because the government controls everything. It's not a democracy. It's an authoritarian regime.<br><br>I have no idea how to persuade Russians to be more European, and to be more friends with Europeans. I don't know how to do it. I'm a politician. I'm trying to talk to Russians. But the government is telling them to hate me. They are telling them to hate Europeans. They are telling them to hate Americans. The government is telling them to hate everyone. This is what they do. They need us to be aggressive. They need us to be stupid. They need us to be brainwashed.<br><br>Can we, Russians, change it? I would say yes, we can change it. We need to be free. We need to be brave. We need to talk to Americans. We need to talk to Europeans. We need to tell them we are not our government. We need to explain to them the difference between Russians and the Russian government. Take a look at Russian public opinion polls. Most Russians support the war in Ukraine. Most Russians support invading Ukraine. Most Russians hate America. Most Russians hate Europe. We need to explain to them we are not like this. The government tells us to be like this. We need to explain that we want to be friends with them.<br><br>Russians are very, very aggressive people. Russians are very brainwashed people. The government controls everything. The government tells them to hate everyone. And they hate everyone. And this is the biggest problem with Russians. We need to solve this problem. We need to change it. We need to be more European.<br><br>---<br><br>P.S. - I am aware that Navalny later got sent to prison and is still in prison.