British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said “#Russia saw #Navalny as a threat. By using this form of #poison the Russian state demonstrated the despicable tools it has at its disposal & the overwhelming fear it has of political opposition.”
Navalny, who crusaded against official #corruption & staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as #Putin’s fiercest foe, died in the Arctic penal colony in February 2024. He was serving a 19-year sentence that was politically motivated.
No, seriously, why is nobody doing this? I'm actually pretty sure that some version of it could be established outside the US, too - there's SO MUCH CRIME! on front-row display here & a lot of it crosses borders and/or international law...
Fucking how did the world become this uninterested in bringing (a certain kind of) criminals to justice?
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FIFA? The organisation that was complicit in human rights abuses and the deaths of dozens of migrant workers during the construction of facilities for the Qatar world cup.
The same organisation that is infamously rife with corruption and bribery.
They're clearly getting their kickbacks. That's all they care about.
I'll be surprised if they do anything further than a vaguely worded and whitewashed statement.
But let’s be honest: FIFA has a long history of avoiding confrontation with powerful states, especially when commercial interests are at stake. Principle rarely wins over profit unless forced. 4) #Corruption #MoneyInSport
