A great rarity these days: Judge Zyatko of the Lyublino District Court allowed video recording of the Rudensky vs. Navalny trial.

Here is the full version for people with the strongest nerves (or connoisseurs):

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http://youtu.be/v6BAeCVCa2s Everything at once: from the jostling crowd of Nashi activists (members of the pro-Kremlin youth movement) at the entrance, to the wonderful "Mom wanted her own little vegetable patch," and then on to the ruling.

For those already sufficiently worn out by Deputy Rudensky and his modest life as a parliamentarian, here is the five-minute version:

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http://youtu.be/I79Mwml3148

Thanks to newcastler.tv, and especially to Ruslan Leviev.

That is exactly why another one of our subjects, the crook Liksutov, is demanding a closed hearing. He is not just afraid of video recordings—he practically shakes at the thought of journalists being in the courtroom at all. Because you can “arrange a phone call” and “win the case,” but that does not change the truth.

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