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There is no verbal acrobatics, senior figures in his movement openly admitted that Navaliy and his movement supported the annexation of Crimea because the overwhelming the russian population are committed supporters of what is as a matter of fact genocidal imperialism. I will also add that his broader support of chauvinism is well documented.
The "smart voting" approach was comically stupid. The non-United Russia candidates are all (almost without exception) shills for the regime as part of their Potemkin village "election" process.
I stand by my statements that a "putin lite" option like Navaliy (or really most of the mainstream russian "opposition") will always lose to the real deal.
I don't expect any super human efforts from the russians. Something as simple as recognizing that all the bad things in Russia are not the fault of someone else would be a start.
Can you find one mainstream opposition figure that goes beyond "it's all putin's and EU's fault, we are innocent angels!" I am genuinely curious. I know some public figures who admit this, but they universally hated both by the alleged opposition and the genocidal imperialist that make the overwhelming majority of russian society.
Many countries have a lot of historical/systematic challenges, yet many often to do find a way (or at least keep trying). One can look at Iran (not just the current protests); arguably they are in an even more difficult position than the russians.
Let's disagree then about whether verbal acrobatics occurred. I can't convince myself that they did not occur.
Regarding Iran... I was about to mention that country. Their strongest challenger to the tyrant(s) appears to be the shah's son. A tyrant's son. People shout "yavid shah" (long live the king) in the god damn 21st century. But their choice is game theoretically sound: he looks like a liberal democrat, at least from far away. He also has the education of a politologist - he has studied for the job he hopes to get.
I can't tell them "no, it's stupid, please shout something else". Well, the Kurds probably won't shout his name anyway - to them, he's as useful as a bicycle to fish. They help rock the boat, but want to swim away.
The problem with revolutions is that people need hope of it passing quickly, and someone re-establishing order. I'm an anarchist, but I'm painfully aware that people's ability to create a functioning anarchy is paper-thin. So they want someone to say soothing words, tell them that everything is well planned, trouble will be over soon, etc (sadly a sweet lie will also work).
So, I ignored all the discussion about who Navalny truly was. I checked: he's a lawyer. The other guy is KGB. I can't blame people for liking a lawyer more than a KGB officer, especially if the latter does KGB stuff.
Your question is a good one. Whom should a reasonable person recommend to Russians? Currently, I would advise them to consider either Ilya Yashin or Garri Kasparov. Both are alive, abroad (Yashin was imprisoned but exchanged) and look moderately capable of organizing things, if given a chance. I personally liked Ilya Leshii (Dmitry Petrov) but he got himself killed under Bakhmut. And he wasn't a politician, but an anarchist.