{"id":131575,"date":"2021-02-14T22:04:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T03:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131575"},"modified":"2021-02-14T22:27:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T03:27:48","slug":"pro-navalny-flashlight-protests-illuminate-russia-on-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-navalny-flashlight-protests-illuminate-russia-on-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Navalny \u2018Flashlight\u2019 Protests Illuminate Russia On Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-navalny-flashlight-protests-illuminate-russia-on-valentines-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131575&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231168193-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<p>Despite the initial skepticism of supporters about the new, peaceful style of protesting, Russian officials tried to put out the demonstrations for days. Navalny\u2019s allies were accused of following instructions from NATO, and television channels backed by the Kremlin \u201cwarned that flashlight rallies were part of major uprisings around the world.\u201d State news services even used unnamed sources to say that a terrorist group was planning to attack unapproved large demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets controlled by the Kremlin previously avoided discussing Navalny, and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-news-russia-cb331fa15a10be0f368b153e09e1e0f0\">reportedly<\/a> only referred to him as \u201ca blogger\u201d the few times they did talk about him. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also never mentioned Navalny by name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This all changed recently when Navalny was suddenly a main topic.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-news-russia-cb331fa15a10be0f368b153e09e1e0f0\">Associated Press<\/a>, Maria Pevchikh, head of investigations at Navalny\u2019s Foundations for Fighting Corruption, said on state TV, \u201cNavalny went from a person whose name is not allowed to be mentioned to the main subject of discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-news-russia-cb331fa15a10be0f368b153e09e1e0f0\">reported<\/a> to be a shift in strategy by the Kremlin, and comes after Navalny\u2019s foundation released a video alleging that a luxurious Black Sea palace had been built for Putin through corruption. The video has been viewed over 111 million times on YouTube since January 19 and was put out two days after Navalny\u2019s globally-watched arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-news-russia-cb331fa15a10be0f368b153e09e1e0f0\">AP<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53\"><em>\u2026Political analyst and former Kremlin speech writer Abbas Gallyamov says that keeping Navalny and his protests off the airwaves to deprive him of additional publicity no longer makes sense.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53\"><em>\u201cThe fact that this strategy has changed suggests that the pro-government television audience is somehow receiving information about Navalny\u2019s activities through other channels, recognizes him, is interested in his work, and in this sense, keeping the silence doesn\u2019t make any sense,\u201d Gallyamov said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/23\/world\/europe\/russia-protests-navalny.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reported on the protests that began six days after Navalny was arrested when he arrived in Moscow from Germany, where he had spent several months returning to health after being poisoned by a \u201cmilitary-grade nerve agent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the initial skepticism of supporters about the new, peaceful style of protesting, Russian officials tried to put out the demonstrations for days. 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