Yesterday was some kind of video day.
First, the traditional “Navalny in 2018”.
Then a collaboration (what a word, huh) with TV Rain (an independent Russian TV channel): an interview with Ksenia Sobchak, released simultaneously on TV Rain and on our channel.
Here are the timestamps for my show for your convenience. Click and watch whichever segment interests you.
0:45 Alexei Navalny: “Naturally, I want to start with the June 12 rallies. That’s the main thing happening in the country right now.”
4:33 In Naberezhnye Chelny, a citizens’ group called “Alyona” has secured approval for a June 12 flash mob in all the city’s squares. More details: https://vk.com/teamnavalny_nchelny?w=wall-145523637_145
7:16 “Look at what the whole Zenit Stadium story has turned into—it’s pure clownery. News about Zenit Stadium is like The Benny Hill Show.”
9:04 “In St. Petersburg, something amazing happened last time, on March 26! Ten thousand people in the city’s main square.”
10:07 Levada Center: half of Russians do not know the name of the June 12 holiday.
12:00 “At the moment, the application has been approved. The rally will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Academician Sakharov Avenue.”
13:35 “I have a debt to settle. I keep getting reminded about it,” Alexei Navalny said as he announced the winner of the March 26 poster contest. To claim the prize, the poster’s creator should write to fbk@fbk.info.
16:10 “Comey. It’s an amazing story,” Alexei Navalny says about former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the U.S. Senate. More details: http://www.bbc.com/russian/news-40203413
22:09 “Can you imagine the current FSB director, Bortnikov, or the former FSB director, Patrushev, appearing before the Duma in exactly the same way?”
25:20 Please comment on the situation with Murad Amriyev—what’s happening is complete lawlessness.
27:07 Will Putin announce a fourth term on June 15?
28:33 Will you run a marathon with Roizman?
29:22 “Show a photo of a man nobody remembers,” Alexei Navalny says about former Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, who resigned after the publication of the Panama Papers.
31:05 Meduza: “The Prosecutor General’s Office classified the results of its review of the Panama Papers, which revealed offshore companies linked to a friend of Putin’s.” More details: https://meduza.io/news/2017/06/06/genprokuratura-zasekretila-itogi-proverki-panamskogo-arhiva
34:53 “Speaking of Roldugin, I can’t help but think of the remarkable continuation of the renovation story,” Alexei Navalny says about Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak’s speech in the State Duma, where he urged people “not to absolutize property rights.”
42:30 What will happen to television in the beautiful Russia of the future?
42:58 About Alexei Navalny’s interview with Ksenia Sobchak. Link to the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyV9W_IXatE
44:44 About Open Russia’s “Immortal Regiment in Power” campaign. More details: https://openrussia.org/notes/710252/
47:08 About donations to Alexei Navalny’s presidential campaign. You can make your contribution to the beautiful Russia of the future here: https://2018.navalny.com/?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=navalny8#donate
47:54 “It’s holding out like the Brest Fortress (a famous symbol of Soviet wartime resistance): they’ve already cut off the electricity there, they tried to shut it down,” Alexei Navalny says about the Moscow headquarters at 69 Sadovnicheskaya Embankment.
51:35 “Ah, that eye—an eternal topic on this show.”
53:08 “Everyone at the ACF laughs at me because I love contests,” Alexei Navalny says about the one-million-ruble video blogger contest. More details: https://navalny.com/p/5415/
57:37 What do you think about the beating of a young man in the Novorossiysk city administration?
1:00:02 “On the 12th, I’ll see you in the streets of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Novorossiysk, and every other city.”