Timestamps for those who don’t have time to watch the full live broadcast:
0:51 Live on air: Alexei Navalny — or a “hype-chaser and troublemaker” (in the words of Ruslan Ostashko, a political commentator from the self-proclaimed DPR).
1:29 “Guys, we need your signatures,” Navalny says about collecting signatures for independent candidates.
4:52 We need Golunov as a deputy!
6:47 ❗️ Golunov. What was that?
10:57 “It was immediately obvious that it was a complete lie. And the sheer brazenness of that lie told me right away that they wanted to kill him or do something to him in pretrial detention,” Navalny says of his first reaction to Golunov’s arrest.
11:15 “Golunov specialized in uncovering the kinds of facts that really caught the public’s attention,” Navalny says about Golunov’s high-profile investigations.
13:21 “That very journalistic solidarity played the key role here.”
14:47 🎥 The first one-person pickets on Petrovka in support of journalist Golunov’s freedom.
16:07 “Two things matter: first, don’t ask for any official approval; second, be persistent.”
16:56 🎥 Support for Ivan Golunov outside the courthouse.
17:41 How the Kremlin makes decisions.
21:03 🎥 FSB officers planted drugs on a businessman in Omsk: surveillance camera footage.
21:31 “Planting drugs is something the police do every day.”
24:04 🎥 Who ordered the hit on Golunov? The link between the FSB and the Moscow mafia: https://youtu.be/2Ei2OXOygPQ
27:59 🎥 The robot-like police spokesman forced to make excuses for fake information about the photos in the Golunov case.
33:28 “Propagandists were allowed to speak out in support of Golunov and criticize the Moscow police.”
35:15 “What happened shows us how quickly this Putin power vertical will collapse,” Navalny says about the public reaction to journalist Golunov’s arrest.
40:00 “They need to make sure there is no unauthorized protest and no new ‘Bolotnaya’ (a reference to the 2011–2012 anti-government protests in Moscow),” Navalny says about the authorities’ next steps after the public backlash.
40:07 ❓How is Volkov doing?
41:52 “A fantastic mix of cowardice and sheer rudeness,” Navalny says about Meduza management’s position on the rally after Golunov’s release.
46:59 ❓Why were they beating everyone?
49:34 🎥 Interior Minister Kolokoltsev on the termination of criminal proceedings against Golunov.
52:15 How the June 12 march unfolded in Moscow.
54:07 🎥 Random arrests at the rally.
54:54 “We have an opportunity to compare police behavior in different circumstances.”
55:45 🎥 How the Moscow police behave in other situations.
58:38 “On the 16th there will be a rally organized by the very people who planted drugs on Golunov.”
59:31 🎥 American? You’re free to go.
59:53 “To them, we’re all second-class people,” Navalny says about the police’s attitude toward Russian citizens.
1:01:30 🎥 Photographer Alexandra Astakhova’s frank conversation with police at the protest.
1:03:26 “Golunov was released, but how many others are still behind bars?”
1:04:13 🎥 A timely slogan to chant at rallies.
1:06:40 “This government oppresses police officers in exactly the same way.”
1:07:56 Popular bloggers decided to meet with their followers on Russia Day.
1:11:22 ❗️ We’ll break fingers, tear out tongues.
1:12:49 🎥 Ramzan Kadyrov threatens people who leave critical comments for him.
1:15:45 ❗️ Let us into Canada!
1:16:14 🎥 An appeal from residents of Kiselyovsk to the Prime Minister of Canada.
1:19:49 “We claim global leadership, compete with the United States, want to fly into space — and yet our people have to use their only chance to get attention by making themselves look ridiculous, appealing to the Prime Minister of Canada so that Muscovites or officials, seeing it in some ‘funny stuff’ section, might notice how monstrous their lives really are.”
1:20:30 Vote for any party, as long as it’s against United Russia. Sign up and take part in Smart Voting: https://vote2019.appspot.com
1:20:33 ❗️ The most important words.
1:21:48 🎥 The most important thing United Russia member Viktor Vasilyev said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
1:21:59 “Our legislation is written for thieves and corrupt officials, as one of United Russia’s leaders tells us. So on September 8, vote against United Russia by taking part in Smart Voting.”
