In a Russian prison, he acts as a symbol for the opposition. And if Putin should fall, the opposition can free him and have a credible leader who’s shown that he puts his ideals over his own safety.
In the west, he’d be completely without influence on anything or anyone inside Russia, now and in the future.
Basically he gambled that Putin will die before him.
I’ll never understand why he intentionally let himself be captured by Russia. The outcome was inevitable.
He is so notorious because he was willing to selflessly put himself in the frontline to prove a point.
That doesn’t make any sense, but okay.
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In a Russian prison, he acts as a symbol for the opposition. And if Putin should fall, the opposition can free him and have a credible leader who’s shown that he puts his ideals over his own safety.
In the west, he’d be completely without influence on anything or anyone inside Russia, now and in the future.
Basically he gambled that Putin will die before him.
Well, that didn’t work out as planned for him.