Many observers have noted that Putin has never spoken in public the name of anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny, considered by some to be the leader of the opposition. While Navalny's supporters and others say this is due to Putin's fear that naming Navalny would empower him as an adversary, Russians who don't think much of the anti-Kremlin muckraker seem more inclined to believe that Navalny-supporters' gripes about Putin's rhetorical reticence are simple arrogance. Alexey Navalny's supporters have once again noted that Putin didn't once mention Alexey Navalny.
Els partidaris d'Alexei Navalny s'han tornat a adonar que Putin no ha mencionat ni una vegada Alexei Navalny.