Yesterday’s episode of *Navalny at 20:18* was quite important to me.
I said everything I think about the verdict for Nemtsov’s killers — what matters far more here is who did **not** end up in the dock than what sentences those who did received.
I also explained in some detail why I agreed to debate Strelkov. I laid out several points of principle for me personally — watch it if you want to better understand my reasoning behind decisions like this, rather than getting lost in political theorizing and conspiracy theories.
And using Turovsky’s case as an example, I talked about a broader problem — how to support and show sympathy for everyone under pressure.
And pay attention to the very end: we conducted door-to-door surveys in buildings affected by the renovation program, and we finally identified the single factor that determines why a resident votes “for” or “against.” The conclusion is surprising — and encouraging for our work.
Timestamps:
0:11 “At last I’m back here after a forced four-week absence.”
0:42 About the special detention center.
0:50 “Twenty-five days is longer than 15 days.”
1:47 “I was locked up with a celebrity. This time, the famous Mara Bagdasaryan was in the detention center. And that’s when I understood, guys, what a real celebrity is!”
2:50 “I’ve been flooded, above all, with questions about my debate with Igor Strelkov. I’ll say more about it a bit later, but I decided to try holding a poll during this broadcast.”
3:29 “The main story of the day is the verdict for Nemtsov’s killers.” More details: https://meduza.io/feature/2017/07/13/da-vozdast-vam-allah-prigovor-po-delu-ob-ubiystve-nemtsova-reportazh-meduzy
5:40 “All of this was supposedly conceived and carried out by just a driver, some random Interior Ministry driver. Do you believe that? I absolutely refuse to believe it.”
10:15 Alexei Navalny on the situation involving Alexander Turovsky. More details: https://navalny.com/p/5453/
13:54 “Once again, I urge Alexander to come. If any help is needed, we’ll provide it.”
18:05 “We need to understand that the speed with which this system chews people up cannot match the speed at which we are trying to organize support for everyone.”
23:15 “Right before the program, I checked YouTube’s top list to see whether my video had made it into trending. In second or third place there was an absolutely amazing video.”
25:03 Why are they (the authorities) doing all this? They could have simply ignored it.
28:43 “I fly into a rage at the very thought of what is happening now in Sverdlovsk Region,” Alexei Navalny says about the situation involving Yevgeny Roizman. More details: https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2017/07/13/722220-evgenii-roizman-filtr
30:45 About the upcoming debate with Igor Strelkov.
32:54 Alexei Navalny on why he accepted Igor Strelkov’s challenge.
38:30 “Quite soon, I’ll be challenging and demanding that other candidates take part in debates, including Vladimir Putin.”
41:25 Alexei Navalny on what the police “investigation” into the attack on him with brilliant green antiseptic led to. Spoiler: nothing.
44:30 About Russia’s budget spending on law enforcement agencies.
46:03 In a number of Russian regions, every fifth graduating student received a gold medal. More details: http://www.mk.ru/social/2017/07/12/vryade-rossiyskikh-regionov-zolotuyu-medal-poluchil-kazhdyy-pyatyy-vypusknik.html
49:50 A presenter on a Krasnoyarsk TV channel “praised” lawmakers live on air for raising their own salaries.
51:57 “That video worked — the lawmakers reversed the decision.” More details: http://ngs24.ru/news/more/50617371/
54:35 What do you think about the criminal case opened against Vyacheslav Maltsev and his emigration?
55:25 The ACF conducted a door-to-door survey about the renovation program.
57:08 “The only factor that influences a person’s attitude toward the renovation program is whether there are neighbors in the building campaigning against it.”
58:09 “Small but active groups of people can persuade anyone to change their mind.”
59:20 About the poll results on the debate with Strelkov. “I changed two percent of minds!”