Yesterday’s episode of Navalny at 20:18 was hosted together with Kira. Please send your feedback—how do you like this format, and what could be improved?
Here are the contents and timestamps for those who don’t feel like watching the full hour:
0:16 Alexei Navalny: “Who are you, young lady, and what are you doing on my show? This is my show, my views, and my likes.”
2:12 Alexei Navalny: “Eighteen years ago, Vladimir Putin came to power.”
3:10 “He will be able to unite around himself those who, in the new 21st century, are destined to renew great Russia” — how Boris Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin as his successor.
5:15 Alexei Navalny: “Even a 30-year-old has spent their entire conscious life under Putin, and they’re getting a bit tired of it.”
6:42 Andrei Kosykh, a defendant in the “March 26 case” (the criminal cases tied to the anti-corruption protests of March 26, 2017), was sentenced to four years in a penal colony. More details: https://meduza.io/feature/2017/08/09/ne-mog-poyti-protiv-pravyaschey-partii
7:26 RBC journalist Alexander Sokolov was sentenced to 3.5 years in a penal colony. More details: https://meduza.io/news/2017/08/10/zhurnalist-rbk-aleksandr-sokolov-prigovoren-k-3-5-goda-kolonii
10:20 Alexander Sokolov’s statement after the verdict: “Congratulations to everyone—the idea of a referendum in Russia has now been recognized as extremism.”
12:55 Vedomosti: “Courts acquit corrupt officials twice as often as other criminals.” More details: https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2017/08/08/728379-sudi-opravdivayut-korruptsionerov
14:58 Alexei Navalny: “There’s a 9% chance you’ll be acquitted if you rig elections.”
16:47 Kira Yarmysh: “Three years ago, I sincerely thought something in the courts might change.”
18:30 The question Navalny does not want to answer: “How would you comment on the statements Sergey Udaltsov and Mikhail Khodorkovsky have made about you?”
20:47 Violetta Volkova on the air on Rossiya-1 (a Russian state TV channel): “Navalny deceived the people who follow him.”
23:29 Mikhail Khodorkovsky on what will happen if Navalny comes to power.
25:04 Alexei Navalny: “Mikhail Borisovich, listen and take notes.”
27:50 Alexei Navalny: “This system will keep reproducing itself if we don’t fight it.”
28:20 Kira Yarmysh: “What should Khodorkovsky’s activities look like?”
36:18 Alexei Navalny: “I can see the chat is exploding with questions about Kamikadze D.”
37:30 Kira Yarmysh: “This is an old story—everyone keeps accusing you of being a ‘leader’ and ‘worse than Putin.’”
39:03 Alexei Navalny: “People should be judged by their actions and policy statements.”
42:17 “Some villains keep insulting Russia,” — Alexei Navalny on the ongoing scandal surrounding the film Matilda.
45:20 “I don’t understand why Lenin doesn’t offend her,” — Alexei Navalny about Natalia Poklonskaya.
48:30 ACF (the Anti-Corruption Foundation) and Navalny won a defamation lawsuit against Sergey “Mikhas” Mikhailov over the Chaika investigation. More details: https://meduza.io/news/2017/08/07/navalnyy-vyigral-sud-protiv-mihasya-po-povodu-rassledovaniya-chayka
50:25 Alexei Navalny: “In 2009, he—Mikhas—even received a certificate of honor from Interior Minister Nurgaliyev.”
52:10 Teachers are unhappy with their salaries. More details: https://www.newsru.com/russia/08aug2017/teachers.html
55:05 Alexei Navalny: “The top 25% of highest-paid teachers includes people earning 27,000 rubles.”
58:55 Alexei Navalny: “I urge you to take an active part in the campaign.”