Yesterday’s show was fun — I liked it.
Plus, we did something useful — we finished raising the money for a new drone for the ACF (Anti-Corruption Foundation). Crypto investors transferred as much as 300,000 rubles (about $5,000 at the time) for the right to name it Nebulas, after one of the cryptocurrencies. So be it.
The show’s timestamps are below. Watch whatever interests you most.
0:30 Beginning.
1:18 ⚡The legendary drone “Volodya” as Alexei Navalny’s co-host.
2:42 Relay races and pastries: how the Kremlin is trying to lure voters to the polls.
4:58 Yevgeny Roizman on the methods that will be used to boost turnout.
7:09 A great toastmaster and fun contests: what kinds of “voting,” turnout inflation, and “debates” are fitting for this non-election.
10:34 The election commission spent 232 million rubles (about $4 million at the time) on magnets and keychains. 232 million, Carl!
14:00 A 300,000-ruble donation: the name of Volodya’s successor drone has been revealed!
18:15 Hooray for honest, high-quality sociology in Russia: we are launching weekly nationwide surveys.
20:45 #AgainNoOneShowedUp at the pro-Putin signature stands, #FairytaleBali for Sobchak: how candidates’ campaign teams “collect” signatures to get nominated.
22:36 Oh, where are you, candidate?
25:19 “That very hashtag about Bali perfectly sums up these elections. Why take part in a campaign where Putin is guaranteed 70%?” Take part in the voters’ strike on January 28: vk.com/wall-55284725_692042.2
8:12 St. Petersburg protests: to hell with the Central Election Commission’s campaign propaganda paid for with our money!
28:55 Tell us about the preparation of lawsuits for the Constitutional Court and the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights).
29:43 How can election fraud be fought if one person can go around to ten polling stations?
31:33 How would you comment on the claims that Putin has long been dead and the country is being ruled by his clones?
33:26 Navalny on the #FlowersForThePolice campaign: “You have to be ready for the authorities to say, ‘Oh, this is just like the Maidan!’ (the 2013–2014 pro-democracy protests in Ukraine). But it’s a good, kind, and sweet action.”
35:15 ❗Fight for higher wages — and we’ll shut you down: the only trade union that truly defends workers’ rights is being dissolved through the courts.
41:44 Ads for Navalny’s campaign headquarters are being banned not only on TV, but also on social media. Sobyanin’s ads, meanwhile, are not.
43:54 What do you think about allowing only taxpayers to vote?
47:35 Progress cannot be stopped: “We’ve gone through circles of hell six times. Even our detractors have no doubt that we have enough supporters to register the party. We’re starting for the seventh time.”
53:55 Put forward one of your own as a presidential candidate. For example, Volkov.
55:08 A visa regime with Kazakhstan. Navalny, how are you any better than Putin?
57:12 Are you in contact with Chichvarkin? He mentions and comments on you often, including the weakness of your presidential platform.
58:47 How will you develop small oil towns?
1:00:15 “Stop calling this an election. It’s a reappointment. We are obliged to fight this and take part in the voters’ strike.”