The new law on fake news, how United Russia deputies view low-income people, and compromising material on officials

Below are the timestamps for yesterday’s broadcast for those who don’t have time to watch the whole thing:

0:43 Live on air: Alexei Navalny, or “some obscure activist with a criminal past.”

1:29❗️Insulting the authorities one last time: the State Duma has passed a law allowing blocks for fake news and insulting the authorities.

1:56 On March 10, an officially approved rally against the isolation of the Runet (Russia’s internet segment) will take place in Moscow. Gathering starts at 2:00 p.m. on Sakharov Avenue. Similar rallies have also been approved in Khabarovsk and Voronezh: https://freeru.net.

5:22 🎥 How the prosecutor general’s family set up a business with murderers: https://youtu.be/eXYQbgvzxdM.

8:46 “The only chance this law will stop working is through mass noncompliance,” Navalny says about ways to fight the fake news ban law.

10:53 How the investigation into the fire at Zimnyaya Vishnya (the Winter Cherry shopping mall) became the reason for drafting the fake news law.

13:50 🎥 Putin defends the purchase of $12 million worth of violins.

18:11 “Any discussion of power is harsh criticism of it.”

18:50❓If someone gets an administrative charge for disrespecting the authorities, do they end up on the list of terrorists or extremists?

19:21❓How will they prove that fake news poses a threat or danger?

20:47❓Alexei, what does this mean now for your investigations? Will it be possible to challenge these new measures in the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) or similar bodies?

22:37 “Smart Voting” is an excellent way to fight the fake news law. Join in and register: https://vote2019.appspot.com.

23:30 🎥 Putin at the FSB board meeting: how the Russian president presented made-up crime statistics.

24:10❗️Fake news from Putin: another lie from the Russian president.

28:10 Sergei Aleksashenko’s book Counterrevolutions: how the power vertical in modern Russia was built and how it affects the economy.

29:07❓Alexei, what do you make of the situation with Oreshkin in the State Duma? What do you think of him? Is he corrupt too?

30:33❓Will it be possible to use the fake news law against the liars in power themselves?

32:00❗️Layabouts and drunks: who is to blame for low pensions?

32:53 🎥 United Russia deputy Gasan Nabiyev’s attitude toward the poor.

35:52 United Russia deputy Gasan Nabiyev’s income declaration.

40:00❗️Our base on the Moon: false reports about the development of Russia’s space industry.

45:01❗️You’ll be getting your treatment on the Moon base.

45:57 🎥 Rally against the closure of the hospital in the settlement of Rezinotekhnika in Yaroslavl Region.

50:04❓Can the law on insulting the authorities be seen as coercion to renounce one’s opinions (Article 29, Clause 3 of the Russian Constitution)? After all, posts containing statements deemed insulting to the authorities will be subject to removal.

51:33❓What about reposts of “insults aimed at the authorities” on social media, for example? If I repost an article from some media outlet about that idiot Rogozin, will I get fined?

52:31❓Tell us about Roman Rubanov. How are you defending him from “justice”?

55:22 📞 Gazprom Management Committee member Sergei Prozorov on the theft of a pipeline in Priozersk.

57:08❗️A complete disgrace: how Gazprom is covering up the theft of 1.7 billion rubles (about $26 million at the time) during pipeline construction in Priozersk.

1:00:51❗️A little victorious Universiade: amateurs from around the world versus professional athletes.

1:01:56 🎥 Putin’s speech at the opening of the Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.

1:05:49 “Black sky” conditions: an environmental disaster in Krasnoyarsk.

1:08:06❗️Natasha, please read out the whole list: Poklonskaya spoke about the compromising material collected on her colleagues in the State Duma.

1:11:54 🎥 A festive song from the former governor of Lipetsk Region.

1:13:30 “I wish all women, girls, mothers, sisters, and grandmothers determination, self-improvement, and every kind of happiness!”

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