Talk:Alexei Navalny

Unverified claim that Alexei Navalny is a CIA operative was removed

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: "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)