Posted 1/10/2024, 7:37:00 PM
Navalny Mocks Backlash Over Moscow Party Amid War Support Push
- Alexei Navalny ridicules backlash to "nearly naked party" in Moscow from his Arctic prison
- Authorities temporarily shut down nightclub that hosted party, citing "infectious disease" concerns
- Attendees like musicians and influencers facing investigations, arrests, military summons
- Scandal highlights limits of Kremlin strategy to let Moscow elite ignore war
- Comes as Putin adopts more conservative rhetoric amid reelection bid and push to rally war support