Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/36718 For Russia's left, the "Navalny protests" are not about Navalny Submitted by AWL on 2 February, 2021 - 6:08 Author: Loretta Marie Perera Loretta Marie Perera reports from Moscow. An aversion to Russia’s leading opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, is a sentiment shared by many of the feminists, socialists, leftists, and anti-capitalists who joined tens of thousands in protests around Russia starting on Saturday, January 23. “I disagree with many things about Navalny’s politics: his attitude to migrants, feminism, LGBT,” said Daria, 33, who protested in St. Petersburg. But for many, Daria included, there is a bigger enemy to reckon with.